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JANUARY. 

No! Time, thou shalt not boast that I 
do change. 
Thy pyramids, built up with newer 
might, 
To me are nothing novel, nothing 
strange ; 
They are but the dressings of a former 
sight. 
Our dates are brief, and therefore we ad- 
mire 
What thou dost foist upon us that is 
old; 
And rather make them born to our de- 
sire, 
Than think that we before have heard 
them told. 
Thy registers and thee I both defy, 
Not wondering at the present nor the 
past; 
For thy records and what we see do lie. 
Made more or less by thy continual 
haste ; 
This I do vow, and this shall ever be, 
I will be true, despite thy scythe and 
thee. 

Sonnet CXXIII. 



January 1st, 

Thou art not farther than my thoughts 

canst move, 
And I am still with them, and they with 

thee. 

Sonnet XLVII. 

Muse not that I thus suddenly proceed ; 
For what I will, I will, and there's an 
end. 

Two Gentlemen of Verona. 

The love that follows us sometime is 

our trouble, 
Which still we thank as love. 

Macbeth. 



BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 



January 2d. 

O, that a man might know 
The end of this day's business ere it 

come! 
But it sufficeth that the day will end ; 
And then the end is known. 

Julius Ccesar. 

Kindness in women, not their beau- 
teous looks, shall win my love. 

Taming of the Shrew. 



January jd. 

Go thou forth ; 
And fortune play upon thy prosperous 
helm. 

All's Well that Ends Well. 

In the great hand of God I stand. 

Macoeth. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 



January 4th. 

God shall be my hope, 

My stay, my guide and lantern to my 

feet. 

Second Part of Henry VI. 

Pleasure and action make the hours 
seem short. 

Othello. 

Courage and comfort! all shall yet go 
well. 

King John. 



January $th. 

We thought there was no more behind, 

But such a day to-morrow as to-day, 

And to be boy eternal. 

Winter's Tale. 

Let the end try the man. 

Second Part of Henry IV. 



10 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

He hath known you but three days, and 
already you are no stranger. 

Twelfth Mght. 

January 6th. 

Let us not burden our remembrance 

with 
A heaviness that's gone. 

Tempest. 

Stay yet another day, thou trusty 
Welshman. 

Richard II. 

January yth. 

I have immortal longings in me. 
Antony and Cleopatra. 

Be patient, for the world is broad and 
wide. 

Romeo and Juliet. 

Sure, He that made us with such large 
discourse, 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 11 

Looking before and after, gave us not 
That capability and God-like reason 
To fust in us unused. 

Hamlet. 



January 8th. 

Defer no time, delays have dangerous 
ends. 

First Part of Henry VI. 

Thanks, fortune, yet, that, after all my 

crosses, 
Thou givest me somewhat to repair 

myself. 

Pericles. 

The life is dear ; for all that life can rate 
Worth name of life in thee hath esti- 
mate, 
Youth, beauty, wisdom, courage, all 
That happiness and prime can happy 
call. 

AlVs Well that Ends Well. 



12 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

January Qth. 

One touch of nature makes the whole 

world kin. 

Troilus and Cressida. 

Grace and remembrance be to you both. 

Winter's Tale. 

It is not enough to speak, but to speak 
true. 

Midsummer Night's Dream. 



January IOth. 

Let myself and fortune 
Tug for the time to come. 

Winter's Tale. 

I do not know that Englishman alive 
With whom my soul is any jot at odds. 

Richard III. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 13 

January Ilth. 

God has given you one face, and you 

make yourselves another. 

Hamlet. 

Those friends thou hast, and their 

adoption tried, 
Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of 

steel. 

Hamlet. 



January I2th. 

I will chide no breather in the world 
but myself, against whom I know most 
faults. 

As You Like It. 

Thus, Indian-like, 
Religious in mine error, I adore. 

All's Well that Ends Well. 



14 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

January Ijth. 

Ween you of better luck, 
I mean in perjured witness, than your 

master 
Whose minister you are, whiles here 

he lived 
Upon this naughty earth. 

Henry VIII. 

Take from my mouth the wish of happy 
years. 

Richard II. 

There is some soul of goodness in 

things evil, 
Would men observingly distil it out. 

Henry V. 

January 14th. 

Say as you think, and speak it from 
your souls. 

Second Part of Henry VI. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 15 

He gave his honours to the world 

again, 
His blessed part to Heaven, and slept 

in peace. 

Henry VIII. 

Call it winter, which being full of care 
Makes summers welcome thrice more 
wish'd more rare. 

Sonnet. 

January I^th. 
I cannot hide what I am. 

Much Ado About "Nothing. 

What, gone without a word ? 
Ay, so true love should do: it cannot 

speak ; 
For truth hath better deeds than words 

to grace it. 

Two Gentlemen of Verona. 

Thou shouldst not have been old till 
thou hadst been wise. 

King Lear. 



16 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

January l6th. 

Happy thou art not; 
For what thou hast not, still thou 

strivest to get, 
And what thou hast, forget'st. 

Measure for Measure. 

And seek for sorrow with thy spec- 
tacles. 

Second Part of Henry VI. 

January IJth. 

I remember him well, and I remem- 
ber him worthy of thy praise. 

Merchant of Venice. 

Love sought is good, but given un- 
sought is better. 

Twelfth Night. 

Methinks thou art more honest now 
than wise. 

Timon of Athens. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 17 

January l8th. 

O, this boy- 
Lends mettle to us all! 

First Part of Henry IV. 

Who steals my purse steals trash ; 
'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave 

to thousands; 
But he that filches from me my good 

name 
Robs me of that which not enriches him 
And makes me poor indeed. 

Othello. 

January IQth. 

Let fancy still my sense in Lethe steep ; 
If it be thus to dream, still let me sleep ! 

Twelfth Night. 

Look, what is best* that best I wish in 
thee. 

Sonnet XXXVII. 



18 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

January 20th. 

Her whose worth makes other worthies 

nothing". 
She is alone. 

Two Gentlemen of Verona. 

Let Hercules himself do what he may, 
The cat will mew, and dog will have 
his day. 

Hamlet. 



January 21st. 

You do so grow in my requital 
As nothing can unroot you. 

AIVs Well that Ends Well. 

If thou art rich, thou art poor ; 
For like an ass whose back with ingots 
bows, 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 19 

Thou bear'st thy heavy riches but a 

journey, 
And death unloads thee. 

Measure for Measure. 

It is as hard to come as for a camel 
To thread the postern of a small 
needle's eye. 

Richard II. 



January 22 d. 

The dearest friend to me, the kindest 

man, 
The best condition'd and unwearied 

spirit 
In doing courtesies. 

Merchant of Venice. 

Teach thy necessity to reason thus: 
There is no virtue like necessity. 

Richard II. 



20 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

January 2jd. 
He will keep that good name still. 

Henry V. 

We carry not a heart with us from 

hence, 
That grows not in a fair consent with 

ours, 
Nor leave not one behind, that doth not 

wish 
Success and conquest to attend on us. 

Henry V. 

January 24th. 

I swear he is truehearted, and a soul 
None better in my kingdom. 

Henry VIII. 

They have seemed to be together, 
though absent ; shook hands, as over a 
vast. 

Winter's Tale. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 21 

A man of good repute, carriage, 
bearing, and estimation. 

Love's Labour's Lost. 



January 25th. 

Men at some time are masters of their 

fates : 
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our 

stars, 
But in ourselves. 

Julius Coesar. 

God amend us, God amend! We 
are much out o' the way. 

Love's Labour's Lost. 

January 26th, 

But I'll endeavour deeds to match these 
words. 

Troilus and Cressida. 



22 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

I am Sir Oracle, 
And, when I ope my lips, let no dog 
bark. 

Merchant of Venice. 

We, ignorant of ourselves, 
Beg often our own harms, which the 

wise powers 
Deny us for our good : so find we profit 
By losing of our prayers. 

Antony and Cleopatra. 



January 2Jth. 

I like your silence, it the more shows off 
Your wonder. 

Winter's Tale. 

Be to yourself 
As you would to your friend. 

Henry VIII. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 23 

Affliction may one day smile again : 
and till then, sit thee down, Sorrow ! 

Love's Labour's Lost. 



January 28th. 

'Tis not the many oaths that make the 

truth, 
But the plain single vow that's vowed 

true. 

AIVs Well that Ends Well. 

I have heard of the lady, and good 
words went with her name. 

Measure for Measure. 



January 2Qth. 

As much good stay with thee as go 
with me. 

Richard II. 



24 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

In faith honest as the skin between his 
brows. 

Much Ado About Nothing. 

Here comes a man of comfort, whose 
advice 

Hath often stilled my brawling discon- 
tent. 

Measure for Measure, 



January JOth. 

You have deserved 
High commendation, true applause, and 

love. 

As You Like It. 

New customs, 
Though they be never so ridiculous, 
Nay, let 'em be unmanly, yet are fol- 
lowed. 

Henry VIII. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 25 

Truth hath a quiet breast. 

Richard ll~ 

January 3 1st. 

His years but young, but his experience 
old; 

His head unmellowed, but his judg- 
ment ripe. 

Two Gentlemen of Verona. 

God . . send him many years of sun- 
shine days! 

Richard II. 

Of all say'd yet, may'st thou prove 

prosperous. 
Of all say'd yet, I wish thee happiness. 

Pericles, 



FEBRUARY. 

Who doth ambition shun, 
And loves to live V the sun, 
Seeking the food he eats, 
And pleased with what he gets, 
Come hither, come hither, come hither; 
Here shall he see 
No enemy, 
But winter and rough weather. 

If it do come to pass, 
That any man turn ass, 
Leaving his wealth and ease, 
A stubborn will to please, 
Ducdame, ducdame, ducdame; 
Here shall he see, 
Gross fools as he, 
An if he will come to me. 

As You Like It. 



27 



February 1st. 

For there is nothing either good or 
bad, but thinking makes it so. 

Hamlet. 
Virtue is bold, and goodness never 
fearful. 

Measure for Measure. 

Which is the side that I must go 

withal ? 
I am with both. 

King John. 

February 2d. 

If reasons were as plentiful as black- 
berries, I would give no man a reason 
upon compulsion, I. 

First Part of Henry IV. 
29 



80 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

In faith, he is a worthy gentleman, 
Exceedingly well read. 

First Part of Henry IV. 

Your gentleness shall force 
More than your force move us to gen- 
tleness. 

As You Like It. 



February jd. 

What fates impose, that men must 

needs abide; 
It boots not to resist both wind and 

tide. 

Third Part of Henry VL 

Constant you are, 
But yet a woman, and for secrecy 
No lady closer, for I well believe 
Thou wilt not utter what thou dost not 
know. 

First Part of Henry IV. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 31 

February 4th. 

I would applaud thee to the very echo, 
That should applaud again. 

Macbeth. 

O ye gods, render me worthy of this 
noble wife. 

Julius Cwsar. 

Love, give me strength! and strength 
shall help afford. 

Romeo and Juliet. 

February $th. 

Let's carry with us ears and eyes for 

the time, 
But hearts for the event. 

Coriolanus. 

They say best men are moulded out of 
faults. 

Measure for Measure. 



82 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

She taketh most delight in music in- 
struments, and poetry. 

Taming of the Shrew. 

February 6th. 
A double blessing is a double grace. 

Hamlet. 

Why, what's the matter, 
That you have such a February face, 
So full of frost, of storm, and cloudi- 
ness? 

Much Ado About Nothing. 

What's gone and what's past help 
Should be past grief. 

Winter's Tale. 

February yth. 

Men shall deal unadvisedly sometimes, 
Which after hours give leisure to re- 
pent. 

Richard III. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 33 

Our contentment is our best having. 

Henry VIII. 



February 8th. 

Neither a borrower nor a lender be; 
For loan oft loses both itself and friend, 
And borrowing dulls the edge of hus- 
bandry. 

Hamlet. 

Yet I do fear thy nature, 
It is too full o' the milk of human kind- 
ness. 

Macleth. 



February Qth. 

Lay aside life-harming heaviness, 
And entertain a cheerful disposition. 

Richard II. 



34 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

The expectancy and rose of this fair 

state. 

Hamlet. 

Let our old acquaintance be renewed. 

Second Part of Henry IV. 

February lOth. 

A trusty villain, sir, that very oft, 
When I am dull with care and melan- 
choly, 
Lightens my humour with his merry 
jests. 

Comedy of Errors. 

No legacy is so rich as honesty. 

All's Well that Ends Well. 

February Ilth. 

The Lord bless you ! 
God prosper your affairs ! God send us 
peace ! 

Second Part of Henry IV. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 33 

When icicles hang by the wall, 

And Dick the shepherd blows his 
nail, 

And Tom bears logs into the hall, 
And milk comes frozen home in pail ; 

When all aloud the wind doth blow, 
And birds sit brooding in the snow. 

Love's Labour's Lost. 

February I2th. 

. . . . I might call him 

A thing divine, for nothing natural 

I ever saw so noble. 

Tempest, 

All may be well ; but, if God sort it so, 
'Tis more than we deserve, or I expect. 

Richard III. 

Add a royal number to the dead. 

King John. 



36 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

February IJth. 

But I am constant as the northern star, 
Of whose true-fix' d and resting quality 
There is no fellow in the firmament. 

Julius Ccesar. 

She's a good creature. 

Merry Wives of Windsor. 

Amen, if you love her, for the lady is 
very well worthy. 

Much Ado About Nothing. 



February 14th. 

. . . Sleep in peace and wake in joy ; 
Good angels guard thee. 

Richard HI. 

I know no ways to mince it in love, 
but directly to say — I love you. 

Henry Y. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 37 

Doubt thou the stars are fire; 

Doubt that the sun doth move; 
Doubt truth to be a liar; 

But never doubt I love. 

Hamlet. 



February Ijth. 

Be sure of this, 
What I can help thee to thou shalt not 
miss. 

All's Well that Ends Well. 

Be stirring as the time; be fire with 

fire; 
so shall inferior eyes 



Grow great by your example, and put 

on 
The dauntless spirit of resolution. 

King John. 



88 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

February l6th. 

'Tis much he dares ; 
And, to that dauntless temper of his 

mind, 
He hath a wisdom that doth guide his 

valour 

To act in safety. 

Macbeth, 

She is a woman, therefore may be 

woo'd ; 
She is a woman, therefore may be won. 

Titus Andronicus. 

February iyth. 

How oft the sight of means to do ill 

deeds 
Make deeds ill done. 

King John. 

O time ! thou must untangle this, not I ; 
It is too hard a knot for me to untie ! 

Twelfth Night 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 



Why should a man be proud? How 

doth pride grow ? 
I know not what pride is. 

Troilus and Cressida. 

February l8th. 

What stature is she of? 
Just as high as my heart. 

As You Like It. 

He hath an excellent good name. 
Much Ado Aoout Nothing. 
Every why hath a wherefore. 

Comedy of Errors. 

February IQth. 

Cannot a plain man live, and think no 
harm? 

Richard III. 

Well, I am not fair; and therefore I 
pray the gods make me honest. 

As You Like It. 



40 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

February 20th. 

Heaven bless thee ! 
Thou hast the sweetest face I ever 
looked on. 

Henry VIII. 

A friend should bear his friend's in- 
firmities. 

Julius CcBsar. 

The means that Heaven yields must be 

embraced, 
And not neglected; else, if Heaven 

would 
And we will not, Heaven's offer we 

refuse, 
The proffered means of succour and 

redress. 

Richard II. 

February 21st. 

God in heaven bless thee! 

Romeo and Juliet. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 41 

How far that little candle throws his 
beams ! 

So shines a good deed in a naughty- 
world. 

Merchant of Venice. 

Care is no cure, but rather corrosive 
For things that are not to be remedied. 
First Part of Henry VI. 



February 22 d. 

From lowest place when virtuous 

things proceed, 
The place is dignified by the doer's 

deed. 

All's Well that Ends Well. 

He that wants money, means, and 
content, is without three good friends. 

As You Like It. 



42 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

Frank Nature, rather curious than in 

haste 
Hath well composed thee. 

AIVs Well that Ends Well. 

February 2jd. 

Do as the heavens have done, forget 

your evil ; 
With them forgive yourself. 

Winter's Tale. 

Whereto serves mercy 
But to confront the visage of offence? 
And what's in prayer but this two-fold 

force, 
To be forestalled ere we come to fall, 
Or pardon'd being down? Then I'll 

look up : 
My fault is past. But, O, what form of 

prayer 
Can serve my turn? 

Hamlet. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 43 

February 24th. 

For now he lives in fame, though not 
in life. 

Richard III. 

All places that the eye of Heaven visits 
Are to a wise man ports and happy 
havens. 

Richard II. 

A greater power than we can contra- 
dict 
Hath thwarted our intents. 

Romeo and Juliet. 

February 2Jjth. 

Thou seest we are not all alone un- 
happy : 

This wide and universal theatre 

Presents more woeful pageants than the 
scene 

Wherein we play in. 

A9 You Like It. 



44 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

It never yet did hurt 
To lay down likelihoods and forms of 
hope. 

Second Part of Henry IV, 

February 26th. 

Nothing do I see in you 
That I can find should merit any hate. 

King John. 

It is the purpose that makes strong the 

vow; 
But vows to every purpose must not 

hold. 

Troilus and Cressida. 



February 2Jth. 

Day serves not light more faithful than 
I'll be. 

Pericles. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 45 

But where the greater malady is fixed, 
The lesser is scarce felt. 

King Lear. 

February 28th. 

If it were done when 'tis done, then 

'twere well 

It were done quickly. 

Macbeth, 

And yet, good faith, I wish'd myself a 

man, 
Or that we women had men's privilege 
Of speaking first. 

Troilus and Cressida. 

Let men take heed of their company. 

Second Part of Henry IV. 

February 2Qth. 

And those about her 
From her shall read the perfect ways 
of honour. 

Henry VIII. 



4G BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

Fortune reigns in gifts of the world, 
not in the lineaments of nature. 

As You Like It. 



MARCH. 

When daisies pied, and violets blue, 
And lady-smocks all silver-white, 

And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue, 
Do paint the meadows with delight, 

The cuckoo then, on every tree, 

Mocks married men, for thus sings he, 
Cuckoo ; 

Cuckoo, cuckoo, — O word of fear, 

Unpleasing to a married ear ! 

.When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, 
And merry larks are ploughmen's 
clocks, 
When turtles tread, and rooks, and daws, 
And maidens bleach their summer 
smocks, 
The cuckoo then, on every tree, 
Mocks married men, for thus sings he, 

Cuckoo ; 
Cuckoo, cuckoo, — O word of fear, 
Unpleasing to a married ear! 

Love's Labour's Lost. 
47 



March 1st. 

Daffodils, that come before the swallow 

dares, 
And take the winds of March with 

beauty. 

Winter's Tale. 

Now 'tis the spring, and weeds are 
shallow-rooted ; 

Suffer them now, and they'll o'ergrow 
the garden 

And choke the herb for want of hus- 
bandry. 

Second Part of Henry VI. 

And I do believe your Majesty takes 
no scorn to wear the leek upon Saint 
Tavy's Day. 

Henry V. 
49 



50 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

March 2d. 

When daffodils begin to peer, 

With heigh ! the doxy over the dale, 
Why, then comes in the sweet o' the 
year; 
For the red blood reigns in the Win- 
ter's pale. 

Winter's Tale. 

The gentleman is full of virtue, 
bounty, worth and qualities. 

Two Gentlemen of Verona. 

March 3d. 

Joy, gentle friends ! joy and fresh days 

of love 
Accompany your hearts! 

Midsummer "Night's Dream. 

A man that I love and honour with 
my soul, and my heart, and my duty, 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 51 

and my life, and my living, and my 
uttermost power: ... I think in 
my very conscience he is as valiant a 
man as Mark Antony ; and he is a man 
of no estimation in the world. 

Henry V. 

Exceeding wise, fair-spoken, and per- 
suading. 

Henry VIII. 



March 4th. 

I am amazed, methinks, and lose my 

way 
Among the thorns and dangers of this 

world. 

King John. 

It pleases time and fortune to lie heavy 
Upon a friend of mine, who, in hot 
blood, 



52 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

Hath stepp'd into the law, which is past 

depth 

To those that, without heed, do plunge 

into 't. 

Timon of Athens. 

Though it appear a little out of fashion, 

There is much care and valour in this 

Welshman. 

Henry V. 

March $th. 

And she is fair, and fairer than that 
word. 

Henry V. 

Of wondrous virtues. 

Merchant of Venice. 

Still in thy right hand carry gentle 

peace, 
To silence envious tongues. 

Henry VIII. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 53 

Oft expectation fails, and most oft 

there 
Where most it promises ; and oft it hits 
Where hope is coldest and despair most 

fits. 

All's Well that Ends Well. 



March 6th. 

I have a man's mind, but a woman's 
might. 

Julius Cwsar. 

But long I will not be Jack out of office. 
First Part of Henry VI. 

I this infer, — 
That many things, having full reference 
To one consent, may work contrari- 
ously. 

Henry V. 



54 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

March ?th. 

Be as thou wast wont to be : 
See as thou wast wont to see. 

Midsummer Night's Dream. 

'Tis better to be lowly born, 
And range with humble livers in con- 
tent, 
Than to be perk'd up in a glistering 

grief 
And wear a golden sorrow. 

Henry VIII. 

Ill blows the wind that profits nobody. 
Third Part of Henry VI. 



March 8th. 

Since this fortune falls to you, 
Be content and seek no new. 

Merchant of Venice. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 55 

Valiant as a lion, 
And wondrous affable, and as bountiful 
As mines of India. 

First Part of Henry IV. 

Your name is great in mouths of wisest 
censure. 

Othello. 



March Qth. 

Hereafter, in a better world than this, 
I shall desire more love and knowledge 
of you. 

As You Like It. 

Ever beloved and loving may his rule 

be! 
And when old Time shall lead him to 

his end, 
Goodness and he fill up one monument. 

Henry VIII. 



56 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

God be wi* you, with all my heart. 

Troilus and Cressida. 

March IOth. 

In thy face I see 
The map of honour, truth, and loyalty. 

Second Part of Henry VI. 

Honour, riches, marriage-blessing, 
Long continuance, and increasing, 
Hourly joys be still upon you! 
Juno sings her blessings on you. 

Tempest. 

Ay, sir; to be honest, as this world 
goes, is to be one man picked out of ten 
thousand. 

Hamlet. 

March Ilth. 
Of very reverend reputation, 
Of credit infinite, highly beloved. 

Comedy of Errors. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 57 

I pray thee sort thy heart to patience. 

Second Part of Henry VI. 

But there's more in me than thou un- 
derstand^. 

Troilus and Cressida. 

March I2th. 

Sir, I praise the Lord for you and so 
may my parishioners. 

Love's Labour's Lost. 

How poor are they that have no pa- 
tience ! 

What wound did ever heal but by de- 
grees ? 

Othello. 



March 13th. 

Beware the ides of March. 

Julius Cwsar. 



58 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

He that is giddy thinks the world 
turns round. 

Taming of the Shrew. 

Sweet flowers are slow, and weeds 
make haste. 

Richard III. 

March 14th. 

For truth is truth, to the end of the 

reckoning. 

Measure for Measure. 

I do beseech you — 
Chiefly that I might set it in my pray- 
ers — 
What is your name? 

Tempest. 

March 15th. 

To be in anger is impiety; 

But who is man that is not angry ? 

Timon of Athens. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE, 59 

Sir, I am a true labourer, I earn that 
I get, get that I wear, owe no man hate, 
envy no man's happiness. 

As You Like It. 

March l6th. 

What touches us our self should be 
last served. 

Julius Cwsar. 

He is no less than what we say he is. 

Taming of the Shrew. 

March I?th. 

Altogether directed by an Irishman ; 
a very valiant gentleman, i' faith. 

Henry V. 

'Tis not enough to help the feeble up, 
But to support him after. Fare you 

well 
All happiness to your honour! 

Timon of Athens. 



60 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

March l8th. 

Women will love her, that she is a 

woman 
More worth than any man; men, that 

she is 
The rarest of all women. 

Winter's Tale. 

There's little of the melancholy ele- 
ment in her ! 

Much Ado About Nothing. 

Many days shall see her, 
And yet no day without a deed to 
crown it. 

Henry VIII. 

March igth. 

When love begins to sicken and decay, 
It useth an enforced ceremony. 
There are no tricks in plain and simple 
faith. 

Julius Gwsar. • 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 61 

Why should I then be false, since it is 

true 
That I must die here and live hence by 

truth? 

King John. 



March 20th. 

For I profess not talking; only this — 
Let each man do his best. 

First Part of Henry IV. 

Firm of word, 
Speaking in deeds and deedless in his 

tongue ; 
Not soon provoked, nor being provoked 

soon calm'd ; 
His heart and hand both open and both 

free. 

Troilus and Cressida. 



C2 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

March 21 st. 

What cannot be eschewed must be 
embraced. 

Merry Wives of Windsor, 

That ever this fellow should Have 
fewer words than a parrot, and yet the 
son of a woman ! 

First Part of Henry IV. 

March 22d. 

That what we have we prize not to the 
worth 

Whiles we enjoy it, but being lack'd 

and lost, 
Why, then we rack the value, then we 

find 
The virtue that possession would not 

show us 
Whiles it was ours. 

Much Ado About Nothing. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. G3 

My bosom is full of kindness. 

Twelfth Night. 

March 2jd. 

Society is no comfort to one not 

sociable. 

Cymbeline. 

There's special providence in the fall 
of a sparrow. 

Hamlet. 

He reads much ; 
He is a great observer and he looks 
Quite through the deeds of men. 

Julius C&sar. 

March 24th. 

If he serve God, 
We'll serve Him too, and be his fellow 
so. 

Richard II. 



64 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

Time is the king of men, 
He's both their parent, and he is their 

grave, 
And gives them what he will, not what 

they crave. 

Pericles. 

She is an earthly paragon. 

Two Gentlemen of Verona. 



March 25th. 

While I remain above the ground, you 

shall 
Hear from me still, and never of me 

aught 

But what is like me formerly. 

Coriolanus. 

The gentleness of all the gods go 
with thee. 

Twelfth Night. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 65 

March 26th. 

Of many good I think him best. 

Two Gentlemen of Verona. 

A soldier firm and sound of heart. 

Henry V. 

Truth shall nurse her, 
Holy and heavenly thoughts still coun- 
sel her : 
She shall be loved and feared : her own 
shall bless her. 

Henry VIII. 



March 2Jth. 

The world is full of rubs. 

Richard II. 

Thou art e'en as just a man 

As e'er my conversation coped withal. 

Hamlet. 



66 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

Since the affairs of men rest still uncer- 
tain, 
Let's reason with the worst that may 

befall. 

Julius CcBsar. 

March 28th. 

This world is not for aye. 

Hamlet, 

Death lies on her like an untimely frost 
Upon the sweetest flower of all the field. 

Romeo and Juliet. 

March 2Qth. 

Nature, what things there are, 
Most abject in regard and dear in use! 
What things again most dear in the es- 
teem 
And poor in worth ! 

Troilus and Cressida. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 67 

He loves his own barn better than 
he loves our house. 

First Part of Henry IV. 

March 30th. 

But how long fairly shall her sweet life 
last? 

So long as Heaven, and Nature length- 
ens it. 

Richard HI. 

There are more things in heaven and 

earth 
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy. 

Hamlet. 

March 31st. 

And now am I, if a man should 
speak truly, little better than one of 
the wicked. 

First Part of Henry IV. 



68 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

Not fearing death, nor shrinking for 

distress, 
But always resolute in most extremes. 
First Part of Henry VI. 



APRIL. 

From you have I been absent in the 
spring, 
When proud-pied April, dress'd in all 
his trim, 
Hath put a spirit of youth in every thing ; 
That heavy Saturn laugh'd and leap'd 
with him. 
Yet nor the lays of birds, nor the sweet 
smell 
Of different flowers in odour and in 
hue, 
Could make me any summer's story tell, 
Or from their proud lap pluck them 
where they grew; 
Nor did I wonder at the lilies white, 
Nor praise the deep vermilion in the 
rose; 
They were but sweet, but figures of de- 
light, 
Drawn after you; you pattern of all 
those. 
Yet seem'd it winter still, and you, away, 
As with your shadow I with these did 
play. 

Sonnet XCVIII. 

69 



April 1st. 

When proud-pied April, dress'd in all 
his trim, 

Hath put a spirit of youth in every- 
thing. 

Sonnet XCVIIL . 

He is a very man per se, and stands 
alone. 

Troilus and Cressida. 

Truth needs no colour — Beauty no 
pencil. 

Sonnet CI. 



April 2d. 

When daisies pied, and violets blue, *^ 
And lady-smocks all silver-white, 

71 



72 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

And cuckoo buds of yellow hue, 

Do paint the meadows with delight. 
Love's Labour's Lost. 

Full of wise saws and modern in- 
stances. 

As You Like It. 

April jd. 

Be that you seem, truly your country's 

friend, 
And temperately proceed to what you 

would. 

Coriolanus. 

Why, nothing comes amiss, so money 
comes withal. 

Taming of the Shrew. 

April 4th. 

So grace and mercy at your most need 
help you. 

Hamlet. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 73 

Every time serves for the matter 
that is then born in it. 

Antony and Cleopatra. 

April $th. 

All the courses of my life do show 
I am not in the roll of common men. 

First Part of Henry IV. 

O call back yesterday, bid time return. 

Richard II. 

More such days as these to us befall! 

Second Part of Henry VI. 

April 6th. 
All happiness bechance to thee ! 

Two Gentlemen of Verona. 



An angel is like you, Kate, and you are 

Henry V. 



like an angel. 



74 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

A learned spirit, of human dealings. 

Othello. 



"April 7th. 

If we do now make our atonement well, 
Our peace will, like a broken limb 

united, 
Grow stronger for the breaking. 

Second Part of Henry IV. 

A kind overflow of kindness: there 
are no faces truer than those that are 
so washed. 

Much Ado Aoout "Nothing. 

April 8th. 

Who is it that says most? which can 

say more 
Than this rich praise, that you alone 

are you ? 

Sonnet LXXXIV. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 75 

God's benison go with you; and with 

those 
That would make good of bad, and 

friends of foes! 

Macbeth* 

April gth. 

O father abbot, 
An old man, broken with the storms of 

state, 
Is come to lay his weary bones among 

ye; 
Give him a little earth for charity ! 

Henry YIIL 

He was a man, take him for all in all, 
I shall not look upon his like again. 

Hamlet. 

April IOth. 

The mind much sufferance doth o'er- 
skip, 



7G BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

When grief hath mates, and bearing 

fellowship. 

King Lear. 

Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his 

back. 
Wherein he puts alms for oblivion, 
A great-sized monster of ingratitudes. 

Troilus and Cressida. 

April Ilth. 

Sit by my side, and let the world 
slip; we shall ne'er be younger. 

Taming of the Shrew. 

He was gentle but unfortunate ; 
Dishonesty afflicted, but yet honest. 

Cymbeline. 

April I2th. 

I very well agree with you in the 
hopes of him : it is a gallant child ; one 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 77 

that indeed physics the subject, makes 
old hearts fresh. 

Winter's Tale. 

. . . All of us have cause 
To wail the dimming of our shining 

star: 
But none can cure their harms by wail- 
ing them. 

Richard HI. 

April 13th. 

Most prudent of an excellent 

And unmatched wit and judgment. 

Henry VIII. 

By-and-by is easily said. 

Hamlet. 

Fair thoughts and happy hours attend 
on you! 

Merchant of Venice. 



78 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

April 14th. 

If all the year were playing holidays, 
To sport would be as tedious as to 

work; 
But when they seldom come, they 

wished for come. 

First Part of Henry IV. 

Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale. 

King John. 



April 15th. 

A merrier man, 
Within the limit of becoming mirth, 
I never spent an hour's talk withal. 

Love's Labour's Lost. 

I am not lean enough to be thought a 
good student! 

Twelfth Night. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 79 

I could have better spared a better man. 

First Part of Henry IV. 

April l6fh. 

This above all, to thine own self be true, 
And it must follow as the night the day, 
Thou canst not then be false to any 
man. 

Hamlet. 

. . . A true knight, 
Not yet mature, but matchless. 

Troilus and Cressida. 

What cannot be avoided, 
'Twere childish weakness to lament or 
fear. 

Third Part of Henry VL 

April I ph. 

Experience is by industry achieved, 

And perfected by the swift course of 

time. 

Two Gentlemen of Verona. 



80 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

More is thy due than more than all can 
pay. 

Macleth. 



"April l8th. 

We are such stuff 
As dreams are made on; and our little 

life 
Is rounded with a sleep. 

Tempest. 

I cannot flatter ; I do defy 
The tongues of soothers; but a braver 

place 
In my heart's love hath no man than 

yourself. 

First Part of Henry IV. 

By my troth, Nerissa, my little body 
is a-weary of this great world. 

Merchant of Venice. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 81 

April IQth. 

We are not the first 
Who, with best meaning, have incurred 
the worst. 

King Lear. 

Before the times of change, still is 
it so: 

By a divine instinct men's minds mis- 
trust 

Ensuing dangers ; as, by proof, we see 

The waters swell before a boist'rous 
storm, 

But leave it all to God. 

Richard III. 

April 20th. 

That we would do, 
We should do when we would ; for this 
"would" changes. 

Hamlet. 



82 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleeve of 
care, 

The death of each day's life, sore la- 
bour's bath, 

Balm of hurt minds, great nature's sec- 
ond course, 

Chief nourisher in life's feast. 

Macbeth. 

April 2 1st 

She was the sweet majoram of the 
salad, or rather, the herb of grace. 

AIVs Well that Ends Well. 

And I feel within me 
A peace above all earthly dignities, 
A still and quiet conscience .... 
My hopes in heaven do dwell. 

Henry VIII. 

How far can I praise him ? 

Much Ado About Nothing. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 83 

April 2 2d. 

I know the gentleman 

To be of worth and worthy estimation, 
And not without desert so well reputed- 

Two Gentlemen of Verona* 

Certainly a woman's thought runs be- 
fore her actions. 

As You Like It* 

Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck 
this flower, safety. 

First Part of Henry IV. 



April 23d. 
I must have patience to endure the load. 

Richard III. 

Our life, exempt from public haunt, 
Finds tongues in trees, books in the 
running brooks, 



84 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

Sermons in stones, and good in every- 
thing. 

As You Like It. 

April 24th. 

Smooth runs the water where the brook 
is deep. 

Second Part of Henry VI. 

The heavens give safety to your pur- 
poses ! 

Lead forth and bring you back in hap- 
piness ! 

Measure for Measure. 

But here's the joy, my friend and I are 
one. 

Sonnet XLII- 

April 25th. 

What's in a name? That which we 
call a rose, 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 85 

By any other name would smell as 
sweet. 

Romeo and Juliet, 

This happy breed of men, this little 

world, 
This precious stone set in the silver sea, 
This land of such dear souls, this dear, 

dear land. 

Richard //► 

April 26th. 

Our kindred, though they be long ere 
they are wooed, they are constant being 
won. 

Troilus and Cressida. 

Our wills and fates do so contrary run 
That our devices still are overthrown; 
Our thoughts are ours, their ends none 
of our own. 

Eamlet. 



SG BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

O, he's the very soul of bounty. 

Timon of Athene 



April 27th. 

I never did repent for doing good, 
Nor shall not now. 

Merchant of Venice* 

Sleeping neglection doth betray to loss. 
First Part of Henry VI* 



April 28th. 

Let me be ignorant, and in nothing 

good, 
But graciously to know I am no better. 

Measure for Measure, 

He was a scholar, and a ripe good one. 

Henry VIIL 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 87 

April 2Qth. 

The April's in her eyes: it is love's 

spring, 
And these the showers to bring it on. 
Antony and Cleopatra. 

Where're I wander, boast of this I can, 
Though banished, yet a true-born Eng- 
lishman. 

Richard II. 

April JOth. 

I am as honest as any man living that 
is an old man, and no honester than I. 
Much Ado About Nothing. 

Be patient till the last. 

Julius C&sar. 

Remember this, 
God and our good cause fight upon our 
side. 

Richard III. 



MAY. 

On a day (alack the day!), 
Love, whose mouth is ever May, 
Spied a blossom, passing fair, 
Playing in the wanton air; 
Through the velvet leaves the wind, 
All unseen, 'gan passage find; 
That the lover, sick to death, 
Wish'd himself the heaven's breath. 
Air, quoth he, thy cheeks may blow; 
Air, would I might triumph so! 

Love's Labour's Lost. 



89 



May 1st 

Hark, hark! the lark at heaven's gate 
sings, 

And Phoebus 'gins arise, 
His steeds to water at those springs 

On chaliced flowers that lies ; 
And winking Mary-buds begin 

To ope their golden eyes: 
With everything that pretty is, 

My lady sweet, arise, arise. 

Cymoeline. 

May 2d. 

But what care I for words ? Yet words 

do well 

When he that speaks them pleases those 

that hear. 

As You Like It. 
91 



92 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

. . . Take arms against a sea of 

troubles, 
And by opposing end them. 

Hamlet. 

May J J. 

Welcome hither, as is the spring to the 
earth. 

Winter's Tale. 

He was too good to be where ill men 
were; and was the best of all amongst 
the rarest of good ones. 

Cymbeline. 

Thou art thy mother's glass, and she 

in thee 
Calls back the lovely April of her prime ; 
So thou through windows of thine age 

shalt see 
Despite of wrinkles this thy golden 

time. 

Sonnet III. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 93 

May 4th. 

. . . . Welcome ever smiles, 
And farewell goes out sighing. 

Troilus and Cressida. 

The good I stand on is my truth and 
honesty ; 
. . . . I fear nothing 
What can be said against me. 

Henry VIII. 

May 5th. 

The elements be kind to thee, and make 
Thy spirits all of comfort! 

Antony and Cleopatra. 

The gravity and stillness of your youth 
The world hath noted. 

Othello. 

How green you are, and fresh, in this 
old world! 

King John. 



94 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

-y- 

May 6th. 

. . . . What I can redress, 
As I shall find the time to, friend, I will. 

Macbeth. 

How many things by season season'd 
are 

To their right praise and true perfec- 
tion. 

Merchant of Venice. 

Good fortune guide thee ! 

Richard III. 



May Jth. 

Trees shall be my books, 
And in their barks my thoughts I'll 
character. 

As You Like It. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 95 

Shall we serve Heaven 
With less respect than we do minister 
To our gross selves ? 

Measure for Measure. 

May 8th. 

For never anything can be amiss, 
When simpleness and duty tender it. 
Midsummer Night's Dream. 

Holy, fair, and wise is she. 

Two Gentlemen of Verona. 

I charge thee, fling away ambition : 
By that sin fell the angels; how can 

man, then, 

The image of his Maker, hope to win 

. by it? 

Henry VIII. 

May Qth 

Comfort's in heaven ; and we are on the 
earth, 



96 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

Where nothing lives but crosses, cares 
and grief. 

Richard HI. 

. . . . This honest creature 
doubtless 
Sees and knows more, much more than 
he unfolds. 

Othello. 

Old fashions please me best; I am not 

so nice, 
To change true rules for old inventions. 

Taming of the Shrew. 

May IOth. 

Of your philosophy you make no use, 
If you give place to accidental evils. 

Julius Cwsar. 

In the world I fill up a place, which 

may be better supplied when I have 

made it empty. 

As You Like It. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 97 

May Ilth. 

What poor an instrument may do a 
noble deed! 

Antony and Cleopatra. 

The God of heaven 
Both now and ever bless her! 

Henry VIII. 

Thou art in a parlous state, shepherd! 

As You Like It. 

May 1 2th. 

Ay, me! for aught that I could ever 

read, 
Could ever hear by tale or history, 
The course of true love never did run 

smooth. 

Midsummer "Night's Dream. 

To revenge is no valour, but to bear. 

Timon of Athens. 



BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 



Thy greatest help is quiet, gentle Nell. 
Second Part of Henry VI. 

May 13th. 

For what he has he gives, what thinks 

he shows; 
Yet gives he not till judgment guide his 

bounty. 

Troilus and Cressida. 

How came we ashore? 
By Providence divine. 

Tempest. 

May 14th. 

Gentle thou art, and therefore to be 
won. 

Sonnet XLIL 

This oracle of comfort has so pleased 
me. 

Henry VIII. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 99 

Strong reasons makes strong actions. 

King John. 

May Ij/tk. 

Some are born great, some achieve 
greatness, and some have greatness 
thrust upon them. 

Twelfth Night. 

Would you praise Caesar, say 'Caesar: 
go no further/ 

Antony and Cleopatra. 

May l6th. 

A little gale will soon disperse that 

cloud, 
And blow it to the source from whence 

it came: 
The very beams will dry those vapours 

up, 
For every cloud engenders not a storm. 

Third Part of Henry VL 

U of 1. 



100 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

Thou mayest see a sunshine and a hail 
in me at once. 

AlVs Well That Ends Well. 

They say you are a melancholy fellow. 

As You Like It. 



May I ph. 

Cheer your heart: 

Be you not troubled with the time, 
which drives 

O'er your content these strong neces- 
sities ; 

But let determined things to destiny 

Hold unbewailed their way. 

Antony and Cleopatra. 

God bless thee! 

Twelfth Night. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 101 

May l8th. 

His nature is too noble for the world : 
He would not flatter Neptune for his 

trident, 
Or Jove for's power to thunder. His 

heart's his mouth, 
What his breast forges, that his tongue 

must vent. 

Coriolanus. 

He hath a daily beauty in his life. 

Othello. 

Blessed are the peacemakers on earth. 

Second Part of Henry VI. 



May IQth. 

I must be patient till the heavens look 
With an aspect more favourable. 

Winter's Tale. 



102 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

The hand that made you fair hath made 
you good. 

Measure for Measure. 

I am weary; yea, my memory is tired. 

Coriolanus. 



May 20th. 

Before the curing of a strong disease, 
Even in the instant of repair and health, 
The fit is strongest; evils that take 

leave, 
On their departure most of all show- 
evil. 

King John. 

But, O, how bitter a thing it is to 
look into happiness through another 
man's eyes! 

As You Like It. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 103 

May 2 1st. 
Thou art as wise as thou art beautiful. 

Midsummer Night's Dream. 

Like as the waves make towards the 
pebbled shore, 

So do our minutes hasten to their end ; 

Each changing place with that which 
goes before, 

In sequent toil all forwards do con- 
tend. 

Sonnet LX. 

Were man but constant he were perfect. 

Two Gentlemen of Verona. 



May 22 d. 

My salad days, 
When I was green in judgment. 

Antony and Cleopatra. 



104 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

You are very welcome to our house. 

Merchant of Venice. 

His better does not breathe upon the 
earth. 

Richard III. 



May 23d. 

My trust, which had indeed no limit 
A confidence sans bound. 

Tempest. 

My project may deceive me, 
But my intents are fixed and will not 
leave me. 

All's Well that Ends Well. 

His worth is warrant for his welcome 
hither. 

Two Gentlemen of Verona. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 105 

May 24th. 

The end crowns all, 
And that old common arbitrator, Time, 
Will one day end it. 

Troilus and Cressida. 

Love thyself last. 

Henry VIII. 

Good angels guard thee ! 

Richard HI. 

May 2Jth. 

Falseness cannot come from thee. 

. . . . Thou seem'st a palace 
For the crown'd Truth to dwell in. 

Pericles. 

All I see in you is worthy love. 

King John. 

"God save the Queen !" 

Richard III. 



106 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

May 26th. 

The grace of Heaven 
Before, behind thee, and on every hand, 
Enwheel thee round! 

Othello. 

Love can transpose to form and dig- 
nity: 

Love looks not with the eyes, but with 
the mind ; 

And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted 

blind. 

Midsummer Night's Dream. 



May 27th. 

O, what may man within him hide, 
Though angel on the outward side! 

Measure for Measure. 

There is no darkness but ignorance. 

Twelfth Night. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 107 

May 28th. 

He has my heart yet, and shall have my 

prayers 
While I shall have my life. 

Henry VIII. 

The while I think on thee, dear friend, 
All losses are restored and sorrows end. 

Sonnet XXX. 



May 29th. 
The Lord in heaven bless thee! 

Henry F. 

One of the noblest note, to whose 
kindnesses I am most infinitely tied. 

Cynibeline. 

Fair thoughts be your fair pillow ! 

Troilus and Cressida. 



108 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

May JOth. 

But Heaven in thy creation did decree 
That in thy face sweet love should ever 
dwell. 

Sonnet XC1IL 

. . . No mind that's honest 
But in it shares some woe. 

Macbeth. 

An honest tale speeds best being plainly 
told. 

Richard III. 



May 31st 

Earth's increase, foison plenty, 
Barns and garners never empty, 
Vines with clustering bunches growing, 
Plants with goodly burthen bowing; 
Spring come to you at the farthest 
In the very end of harvest ! 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 109 

Scarcity and want shall shun you ; 
Ceres' blessing so is on you. 

Tempest. 



JUNE. 

Hark ! hark ! the lark at heaven's gate 
sings, 
And Phoebus 'gins arise, 
His steeds to water at those springs 

On chalicM flowers that lies; 
And winking Mary-buds begin 

To ope their golden eyes ; 
jWith everything that pretty bin : 
My lady sweet, arise; 
Arise, arise. 

Cyrribeline. 



Ill 



June 1st. 

I know a bank where the wild thyme 
blows, 

Where oxlips and the nodding violet 
grows, 

Quite over-canopied with luscious 
woodbine, 

With sweet musk-roses and with eg- 
lantine. 

Midsummer Night's Dream. 

I will be the pattern of all patience; 
I will say nothing. 



King Lear. 



June 2d. 



Where the bee sucks, there suck I ; 
In a cowslip's bell I lie ; 

113 



114 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

There I couch when owls do cry. 
On a bat's back I do fly 

After summer merrily. 
Merrily, merrily shall I live now 
Under the blossom that hangs on the 
bough. 

Tempest. 



June 3d, 

sut 
shine. 



O 'tis the sun that maketh all things 



Love's Labour's Lost. 

When you depart — sorrow abides 
and happiness takes his leave. 

Much Ado About Nothing. 

Out with it boldly, truth loves open 
dealing. 

Henry VIII. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 115 

June 4th- 

She is young, and of a noble, modest 
nature. 

Henry VIII. 

All the world's a stage. 
And all the men and women merely 
players. 

As You Like It. 

I would not wish any companion in the 

world but you. 

Tempest. 



June 5th. 

Shall we rest us here, 
And by relating tales of others' griefs, 
See if 'twill teach us to forget our own ? 

Pericles. 

To mourn a mischief that is past and 
gone 



116 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

Is the next way to draw new mischief 

on. 

Othello. 

June 6th. 

. . . . Take a fellow of plain 
and uncoined constancy, for he perforce 
must do thee right. 

Henry V. 

Bliss and goodness on you. 

Measure for Measure. 

'Tis a lucky day, boy, and we'll do good 
deeds on't. 

Winter's Tale. 

June yth. 

Let's further think of this ; 
Weigh what convenience both of time 

and means 
May fit us to our shape. 

Hamlet. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 117 

There is a world elsewhere. 

Coriolanus. 

June 8th. 

Come what may, 
Time and the hour runs through the 
roughest day. 

Macbeth. 

A heaven on earth I won by wooing 
thee. 

Airs Well that Ends Well. 

Trouble being gone, comfort should re- 
main. 

Much Ado Aoout Nothing. 

June Qth. 

The will of Heaven be done 
In this and all things! 

Henry VIII. 



118 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

. . . Spirits are not finely touch'd 
But to fine issues. 

Measure for Measure. 

Quick is mine ear to hear of good to- 
wards him. 

Richard II. 

June IOth. 

But a good heart, Kate, is the sun 
and moon; or rather the sun and not 
the moon ; for it shines bright and never 
changes, but keeps his course truly. 

Henry V. 

You have a nimble wit: I think it 
was made of Atalanta's heels. 

As You Like It. 

June Ilth. 

Pray that the right may thrive. 

King Lear. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 119 

Checks and disasters 
Grow in the veins of actions highest 
reared. 

Troilus and Cressida. 

He robs himself that spends a bootless 

grief. 

Othello. 

June 1 2th, 

I am a man whom fortune hath cruelly 
scratched. 

AlVs Well that Ends Well. 

Wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss, 

But cheerly seek how to redress their 

harms. 

Third Part of Henry VI. 

June IJth. 

Polonius. What do you think of me? 
King. As of a man faithful and hon- 
ourable. 

Hamlet. 



120 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

Sweet are the uses of adversity, 
Which, like the toad, ugly and venom- 
ous, 
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head. 

As Yon Like It. 



June 14th. 

Be cheerful ; wipe thine eyes ; 
Some falls are means the happier to 
rise. 

Cyrribeline. 

And having sworn truth, ever will be 
true. 

Twelfth Night. 

God, the best maker of all marriages, 
Combine your hearts in one. 

Henry V, 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 121 

June Ijjth. 

Striving to better, oft we mar what's 
well. 

King Lear. 

Some Cupid kills with arrows, some 
with traps. 

Much Ado About 'Nothing. 



June 16th. 

So, on your patience evermore attend- 
ing, 
New joy wait on you. 

Pericles. 

Your heart's desires be with you. 

As You Like It. 

Thy truth then be thy dower. 

King Lear. 



122 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

June lyth. 

For miracles are ceased ; 
And therefore we must needs admit the 

means 
How things are perfected. 

Henry V. 

He is simply the rarest man i' the 
world. 

Coriolanus. 



June 1 8 th. 

Art thou afeard 
To be the same in thine own act and 

valour 
As thou art in desire ? . . . . 
Letting 'I dare not' wait upon C I would/ 
Like the poor cat i' the adage ? 

Macbeth. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 123 

We know what we are, but know not 

what we may be. 

Hamlet. 

June IQth. 

We do pray for mercy; 
And that same prayer doth teach us all 

to render 
The deeds of mercy. 

Merchant of Venice. 

Touch you the sourest points with 
sweetest terms. 

. Antony and Cleopatra. 

I'll be as patient as a gentle stream, 
And make a pastime of each weary 
step. 

Two Gentlemen of Verona. 

June 20th. 
I do much wonder that one man, see- 
ing how much another man is a fool 



124 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

when he dedicates his behaviours in 
love, will, after he hath laughed at such 
shallow follies in others, become the 
argument of his own scorn by falling 
in love. 

Much Ado About Nothing. 

But I had not so much of man in me, 
And all my mother came into my eyes 
And gave me up to tears. 

Henry 7. 

June 21st, 

Though I am not naturally honest, I 
am so sometimes by chance. 

Winter's Tale. 

For 'tis the mind that makes the body 

rich; 
And as the sun breaks through the 

darkest clouds, 
So honour peereth in the meanest habit. 

Taming of the Shrew. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 125 

June 22d. 

The bitter past, more welcome is the 
sweet. 

All's Well that Ends Well. 

Shall I compare thee to a summer's 
day? 

Thou art more lovely and more tem- 
perate. 

Sonnet XVIII. 

Be but duteous, and true preferment 
shall tender itself to thee. 

Cynibeline. 



June 23d. 

The purest treasure mortal times afford 
Is spotless reputation. 

Richard II. 

Be not too tame neither ; but let your 
own discretion be your tutor: suit the 



126 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

action to the word, the word to the ac- 
tion. 

Hamlet. 

Say what thou canst, I'll go along with 

thee. 

As You Like It. 

June 24th. 

Give sorrow words; the grief that does 

not speak 

Whispers the o'erfraught heart and 

bids it break. 

Macbeth. 

An honest soul i' faith, Sir, by my 
troth he is, as ever broke bread. 

Much Ado About "Nothing. 

June 25th. 
As full of spirit as the month of May, 
And gorgeous as the sun at midsum- 
mer. 

First Part of Henry IV. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 127 

Sacred and sweet was all I saw in her. 

Taming of the Shrew. 

There be many Caesars 
Ere such another Julius. 

Cymbelinc. 



June 26th. 
Men of few words are the best men. 

Henry V. 

Be great in act, as you have been in 
thought. 

King John. 

Happy in that we are not over-happy. 

Hamlet. 



June 27th. 

Mine honour is my life ; both grown in 
one; 



128 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

Take honour from me, and my life is 
done. 

Richard II. 

And He that doth the ravens feed, 
Yea, providently caters for the sparrow, 
Be comfort to my age! 

As You Like It. 

June 28th. 

Things done well, 

And with a care, exempt themselves 

from fear. 

Henry VIII. 

To keep an adjunct to remember thee, 
Were to import forgetfulness in me. 

Sonnet CXXI. 

June 2Qth. 
Happy are they that hear their own 
detraction, and can put them to mend- 
ing. 

Much Ado About Nothing. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE 129 

All that lives must die, 
Passing through Nature to eternity. 

Hamlet. 

June JOth. 

And creep time ne'er so slow, 
Yet it shall come for me to do thee 
good. 

King John. 

Prosperity be thy page! 

. . . . Thy friend no less 
Than those she placeth highest! 

Coriolanus. 



JULY. 

Orpheus with his lute made trees 
And the mountain-tops, that freeze 

Bow themselves, when he did sing: 
To his musick, plants and flowers 
Ever sprung; as sun and showers, 

There had been a lasting spring. 

Every thing that heard him play, 
Even the billows of the sea, 

Hung their heads, and then lay by 
In sweet musick is such art — 
Killing care and grief of heart 

Fall asleep, or, hearing, die. 

Eenry VIII. 



131 



July 1st, 

Full many a glorious morning have I 
seen 

Flatter the mountain-tops with sov- 
ereign eye, 

Kissing with golden face the meadows 
green, 

Gilding pale streams with heavenly 
alchemy. 

Sonnet XXXIII. 

July 2d. 

Here's flowers for you; 

Hot lavender, mints, savory, mar- 
joram ; 

The marigold, that goes to bed wi' the 
sun 

133 



134 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

And with him rises weeping ; these are 

flowers 
Of middle summer, and I think they 

are given 
To men of middle age. 

Winter's Tale. 



July 3d. 

How far it is 
To this same blessed Milford : and, by 

the way, 
Tell me how Wales was made so happy 

as 
To inherit such a Haven. 

Cymbeline. 

O, how full of briers is this working- 
day world ! 

As You Like It. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 135 

July 4th. 

Thou dost conspire against thy friend 
If thou but think' st him wrong'd, and 

makest his ear 
A stranger to thy thoughts. 

Othello. 

Love all, trust a few, 
Do wrong to none: be able for thine 

enemy 
Rather in power than use, and keep thy 

friend 
Under thy own life's key. 

All's Well that Ends Well. 



July jjth. 

And there at Venice gave 
His body to that pleasant country's 
earth, 



136 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

And his pure soul unto his Captain 

Christ, 
Under whose colours he had fought so 

long. 

Richard II. 

He's truly valiant that can wisely 
suffer. 

Timon of Athens. 



July 6th. 
Thou bring' st me happiness and peace. 

Second Part of Henry IV. 

Be collected, no more amazement : 
Tell your piteous heart, there's no 
harm done. 

Tempest. 

Heaven give you many many merry 
days. 

Merry Wives of Windsor. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 137 

July ytk. 

I have no other but a woman's reason ; 
I think him so because I think him so. 
Two Gentlemen of Verona. 

I see men's judgments are 
A parcel of their fortunes; and things 

outward 
Do draw the inward quality after 

them, 
To suffer all alike. 

Antony and Cleopatra. 



July 8th. 

I have been troubled in my sleep this 

night, 
But dawning day new comfort hath 

inspired. 

Titus Andronicus. 



138 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

Your face, my thane, is as a book, 

where men 
May read strange matters. 

Macoeth. 

I wear not motly in my brain. 

Twelfth Night. 



July Qth. 

It is not so with Him that all things 

knows, 
As 'tis with us that square our guess 

by shows; 
But most it is presumption in us when 
The help of Heaven we count the act 

of men. 

AIVs Well that Ends Well. 

Nature hath formed strange fellows in 
her time. 

Merchant of Venice. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 139 

July IOth. 

My mind is like a fountain stirred 
And I myself see not the bottom of it. 

Troilus and Cressida. 

Be govern'd by your knowledge and 

proceed 
F the sway of your own will. 

King Lear. 

Let me be that I am, and seek not to 
alter me. 

Much Ado About Nothing. 



July Ilth. 

This day 
Shall change all griefs and quarrels 
into love. 

Henry V. 



140 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

Truth hath a quiet breast . . . 
For a gnarling sorrow hath less power 

to bite 
The man that mocks at it and sets it 

light. 

Richard II. 

July I2th. 

One fire burns out another's burning, 
One pain is lessen' d by another's an- 
guish. 

Borneo and Juliet. 

A rarer spirit never 
Did steer humanity. 

Antony and Cleopatra. 

July IJth. 
Upon this day she was both pantler, 

butler, cook, 
Both dame and servant; welcomed all, 

served all. 

Winter's Tale. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 141 

For truth can never be confirmed 

enough, 
Though doubts did ever sleep. 

Pericles. 

Flow, 
You heavenly blessings, on her! 

Cymbeline. 

July 14th. 

We must take the current when it 
serves, 
Or lose our ventures. 

Julius Cwsar. 

Down on your knees, 
And thank Heaven, fasting, for a good 
man's love. 

As You Like It. 

Led on by Heaven, and crown'd with 

joy at last. 

Pericles. 



142 BEAUTIFUL TEOUGRTS 

July 15th. 

The best wishes that can be forged 
in your thoughts be servants to you. 
All's Well that Ends Well. 

For to be wise and love 
Exceeds man's might : that dwells with 
gods above. 

Troilus and Cressida. 

July 16th. 

But men are men; the best sometimes 

forget. 

Othello. 

He tires betimes that spurs too fast be- 
times. 

Richard 11. 

An honest man, sir, is able to speak 
for himself, when a knave is not. 

Second Part of Henry IV. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 143 

July Ifth. 

The blessed gods 
Purge all infection from our air whilst 

you 
Do climate here ! 

Winter's Tale. 

Thyself and thy belongings 
Are not thine own so proper as to waste 
Thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee. 
Heaven doth with us as we with torches 

do, 
Not light them for themselves; for if 

our virtues 
Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike 
As if we had them not. 

Measure for Measure. 



July l8th. 
I was not born under a rhyming 



144 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

planet, nor I cannot woo in festival 
terms. 

Much Ado About Nothing. 

True hope is swift, and flies with swal- 
low's wings; 

Kings it makes gods, and meaner 
creatures kings. 

Richard III. 



July IQth. 

What I can do, can do no hurt to try. 

AIVs Well that Ends Well. 

There's no art 
To find the mind's construction in the 

face: 
He was a gentleman on whom I built 
An absolute trust. 

Macbeth. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 145 

We are not ourselves 
When nature, being oppress'd, com- 
mands the mind 
To suffer with the body. 

King Lear. 



July 20th. 

The fire i' the flint shows not till it be 
struck. 

Timon of Athens. 

But thy eternal summer shall not 

fade . . . 
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st 

in his shade, 
When in eternal lines to time thou 

growest. 

Sonnet XVIII. 

He shall have a noble memory. 

Coriolanus. 



146 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

July 2Ist. 

I know you have a gentle, noble temper, 
A soul as even as a calm. 

Henry VIII. 

The sweetest lady that ever I looked 
on. 

Much Ado About Nothing. 

Her voice was ever soft, 
Gentle, and low; an excellent thing in 
woman. 

King Lear, 

July 22d 

I think there's never a man in Chris- 
tendom 

That can less hide his love or hate 
than he; 

For by his face straight shall you know 
his Heart. 

Richard III. 



FROM SHAKE8PEARE. 147 

He makes a July's day short as De- 
cember. 

Winter's Tale. 

God bless thee, lady ! 

Twelfth Night. 



July 2jd. 

Ye speak like honest men; pray God 
ye prove so. 

Henry VIII. 

But signs of nobleness, like stars, shall 

shine 
On all deservers. 

Macbeth. 

He is no hypocrite, but prays from his 
heart. 

Much Ado Aoout Nothing. 



148 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

July 24th. 

Few words to fair faith. 

Troilus and Cressida. 

Thou art a summer bird, 
Which ever in the haunch of winter 

sings 
The lifting up of day. 

Second Part of Henry IV. 

She is of so free, so apt, so blessed 
a disposition. 

Othello. 

July 25th. 

The setting sun, and music at the 
close, 
As the last taste of sweets, is sweetest 

last, 
Writ in remembrance more than things 

long past. 

Richard II. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 149 

Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, 
Which we ascribe to Heaven. 

All's Well that Ends Well 

A heart unspotted is not easily daunted. 

Second Part of Henry VI, 



July 26th. 

My crown is in my heart, not on my 

head; 
Not decked with diamonds and Indian 

stones, 
Nor to be seen; my crown is called, 

Content. 

Third Part of Henry VI. 

How still the evening is! 
As hush'd on purpose to grace har- 
mony! 

Much Ado Aoout Nothing. 



150 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

July 27th. 
God give you quiet rest to-night! 

Richard HI. 

Mine eyes 
Were not in fault, for she was beauti- 
ful. 

Cymbeline. 



July 28th. 
Your name, fair gentlewoman? 

King Lear. 

Bring me a constant woman, 

And to that woman, when she has done 

most, 
Yet will I add an honour, a great pa- 
tience. 

Henry VIII. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 151 

A woman's gentle heart, but not ac- 
quainted 

With shifting change as is false 
women's fashion. 

Sonnet XX. 



July 2Qth. 

I see some sparks of better hope, which 

elder years 
May happily bring forth. 

Richard II. 

Though thy tackle's torn, 
Thou show'st a noble vessel. 

Coriolanus. 

July 30th. 

I do love nothing in the world so 
well as you : is not that strange ? 

Much Ado About Nothing. 



152 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

We shall try fortune in a second fight. 

Julius Cwsar. 

July J I st. 

The noblest mind he carries 
That ever govern' d man. 
Long may he live in fortunes! 

Timon of Athens. 

Wipe not out the rest of thy services 
by leaving me now : the need I have of 
thee thine own goodness hath made; 
better not to have had thee than thus to 
want thee. 

Winter's Tale. 



AUGUST. 

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day ? 
Thou art more lovely and more tem- 
perate : 
Rough winds do shake the darling buds 
of May, 
And summer's lease hath all too short 
a date: 
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven 
shines, 
And often is his gold complexion 
dimm'd ; 
And every fair from fair sometime de- 
clines, 
By chance, or nature's changing course, 
untrimm'd ; 
But thy eternal summer shall not fade, 
Nor lose possession of that fair thou 
owest ; 
Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in 
his shade, 
When in eternal lines to time thou 
growest. 
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can 

see, 
So long lives this, and this gives life to 
thee. 

Sonnet XVIII. 

153 



August 1st 

You sunburnt sickle men, of August 

weary, 
Come hither from the furrow and be 

merry : 
Make holiday : your rye-straw hats put 

on, 
And these fresh nymphs encounter 

every one 
In country footing. 

Tempest. 

I do profess to be no less than I 
seem; to serve him truly that will put 
me in trust. 

King Lear. 
155 



156 BEAUTIFUL THOUaHTS 

August 2d. 

The year growing ancient, 
Not yet on Summer's death, nor on the 

birth 
Of trembling Winter, the fairest flow- 
ers o' the season 
Are our carnations and streak' d gilly- 
vors. 

Winter's Tale. 

Haply I think on thee, and then my 

state, 
Like to the lark at break of day arising 
From sullen earth, sings hymns at 

heaven's gate. 

Sonnet XXIX. 



August jd. 

What's brave, what's noble, Let's do it. 
Antony and Cleopatra. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 157 

All have not offended ; 

For those that were, it is not square to 

take, 
On those that are, revenges: crimes, 

like lands, 
Are not inherited. 

Tinion of Athens. 

August 4th. 

Hope is a lovers staff; walk .hence 

with that 
And manage it against despairing 

thoughts. 

Tioo Gentlemen of Verona. 

What Heaven more will, 
That thee may furnish and my prayers 

pluck down. 
Fall on thy head. 
Fortune and Victory sit on thy helm. 

Richard HI. 



158 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

August Jth. 

The man that hath no music in himself, 
Nor is not moved with concord of 

sweet sounds, 
Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and 

spoils, . . . 
Let no such man be trusted. 

Merchant of Venice. 

Thrice is he armed that hath his quar- 
rel just 

Second Part of Henry VI. 



August 6th. 

Each day still better others' happiness; 
Until the heavens, envying earth's good 

hap, 
Add an immortal title to your crown! 

Richard II. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 159 

Such duty as the subject owes the 
prince, 

Even such a woman oweth to her hus- 
band. 

Taming of the Shrew. 

August 7th. 

To be merry best becomes you ; for, 
out of question, you were born in a 
merry hour. 

Much Ado Aoout "Nothing. 

. . . I do not think 
So fair an outward and such stuff with- 
in 
Endows a man but he. 

Cymoeline. 

August 8th. 

Who is't can say ' I am at the worst ? ' 

King Lear. 



160 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

But I thought there was more in him 
than I could think. 

Coriolanus. 

But He, that hath the steerage of my 

course, 
Direct my sail! 

Romeo and Juliet. 



August Qth. 

In the reproof of chance 
Lies the true proof of men . . . 

Even so 
Doth valour's show and valour's worth 

divide 
In storms of fortune. 

Troilus and Cressida. 

The quality of mercy is not strain'd. 
It droppeth as the gentle rain from 
heaven 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 161 

Upon the place beneath : it is twice 

blest ; 
It blesseth him that gives and him that 

takes. 

Merchant of Venice. 



August 10th. 

Ignorance is the curse of God, 
Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly 
to heaven. 

Second Part of Henry VI. 

But 'tis strange: 
And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, 
The instruments of darkness tell us 

truths, 
Win us with honest trifles, to betray's 
In deepest consequence. 

Macbeth. 



162 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

August Ilth, 

Look, he's winding up the watch of 
his wit; by and by it will strike. 

Tempest, 

Take him and use him well, he's worthy 
of it. 

Henry VIII, 

Is she not passing fair ? 

Two Gentlemen of Verona, 

August I2th. 

Your fair discourse hath been as 
sugar, 
Making the hard way sweet and delect- 
able. 

Richard II, 

At all times alike 
Men are not still the same : 'twas time 
and griefs 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 163 

That framed him thus: time, with his 

fairer hand, 
Offering the fortunes of his former 

days, 
The former man may make him. 

Timon of Athens. 

August IJth. 

He that of greatest works is finisher 
Oft does them by the weakest minister. 
AIVs Well that Ends Well. 

Bright star of Venus fall'n down on 

the earth, 

How may I reverently worship thee 

enough ? 

First Part of Henry VI. 

August 14th. 

Fast bind, fast find; 
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind. 

Merchant of Venice. 



164 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

Let all the number of the stars give 

light 
To thy fair way! 

Antony and Cleopatra. 

A kind heart he hath. 

Merry Wives of Windsor. 



^August 15th. 

We will not from the helm to sit and 

weep, 
But keep our course, though the rough 

wind say no. 

Third Part of Henry VI. 

You have too much respect upon the 

world, 
They lose it that do buy it with much 

care. 

Merchant of Venice. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 165 

For man is a giddy thing, and this is 
my conclusion. 

Much Ado About Nothing. 



August l6th. 

When the sea was calm all boats alike 
Show'd mastership in floating. 

Coriolanus. 

God be praised, that to believing 
souls 
Gives light in darkness, comfort in de- 



spair ! 



Second Part of Henry VI. 



August 17th. 

I will believe thou hast a mind that 

suits 
With this thy fair and outward char- 

acter 

Twelfth Night. 



166 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

The strawberry grows underneath the 
nettle. 

Henry V. 

For 'tis a question left us yet to prove 
Whether love lead fortune, or else for- 
tune love. 

Hamlet. 



August l8tk. 

God bless thee; and put meekness in 

thy mind, 
Love, charity, obedience, and true duty ! 

Richard HI. 

Then let us teach our trial patience, 
Because it is a customary cross. 

Midsummer Night's Dream. 

Every one can master a grief but he 
that has it. 

Much Ado About 'Nothing. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 167 

August IQth. 

Take my blessing: God protect 
thee! 
Into whose hand I give thy life, .... 
When I am in heaven I shall de- 
sire 
To see what this child does, and praise 
my Maker. 

Henry VIII. 

When fortune means to men most 

good, 
She looks upon them with a threatening 

eye. 

King John. 



August 20th. 

Will fortune never come with both 
hands full? 

Second Part of Henry IV. 



168 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

To be a make-peace shall become my 
age. 

Richard II. 

Think of me as you please. 

Twelfth Night. 

August 21 st. 

To business that we love we rise be- 
times, and go to 't with delight. 

Antony and Cleopatra. 

I hold it cowardice 
To rest mistrustful where a noble heart 
Hath pawn'd an open hand in sign of 
love. 

Third Part of Henry VI. 

'August 22d. 

Win straying souls .... 
Cast none away. 

Henry VIII. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 1G9 

You are looked for, and called for, 
asked for, and sought for. 

Romeo and Juliet. 

But Heaven hath a hand in these 

events, 
To whom high will we bound our calm 

contents. 

Richard II. 

August 2jd. 

Ah, countrymen! if when you make 
your prayers 

God should be so obdurate as your- 
selves, 

How would it fare with you departed 
souls ? 

Second Part of Henry VI. 

Methinks there is much reason in his 
sayings. 

Julius Caesar. 



170 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

August 24th. 

Words are easy, like the wind; 
Faithful friends are hard to find. 
Sundry Sonnets XXI. 

Therefore was I created with a stub- 
born outside, with an aspect of iron. ■ 

Henry V. 



August 25th. 

Then speak the truth by her; if not 

divine, 
Yet let her be a principality, 
Sovereign to all the creatures on the 

earth. 

Two Gentlemen of Verona. 

Show boldness and aspiring confi- 
dence. 

King John. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 171 

I am sure care's an enemy to life. 

Twelfth Night, 

August 26th. 

Is not birth, beauty, good shape, dis- 
course, manhood, learning, gentleness, 
virtue, youth, liberality, and such-like, 
the spice and salt that season a man? 

Troilus and Cressida. 

He hath a tear for pity, and a hand 
Open as day for melting charity. 

Second Part of Henry IV. 

August 27th. 

Be merry; you have cause, 
So have we all, of joy; for our escape 
Is much beyond our loss. . . 
Then wisely weigh 
Our sorrow with our comfort. 

Tempest. 



172 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

He is as full of valour as of kindness. 

Henry V. 



'August 28th. 

God hath blessed you with a good 
name. 

Much Ado About Nothing. 

In maiden meditation fancy free. 

Midsummer Night's Dream. 

[What stronger breastplate than a heart 
untainted ? 

Second Part of Henry VI. 



'August 2Qth. 

O most delicate fiend ! 

Who is 't can read a woman ? 

Cymoeline. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 173 

Whose star-like nobleness gave life and 

influence 
To their whole being! 

Timon of Athens. 

High sparks of honour in thee have I 
seen. 

Richard II. 



August jotk. 

Wherever the bright sun of heaven 

shall shine, 
His honour, and the greatness of his 

name, shall be. 

Henry VIII. 

She looks as clear 
As morning roses newly washed with 
dew. 

Taming of the Shrew. 



174 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

August Jlst. 

He is the half part of a blessed man, 
Left to be finished by such as she. 
And she a fair divided excellence, 
Whose fulness of perfection lies in him. 

King John. 

There's nothing ill can dwell in such a 

temple. 
If the ill spirit have so fair a house, 
Good things will strive to dwell with 't 

Tempest. 



SEPTEMBER, 

Come, thou monarch of the vine, 
Plumpy Bacchus, with pink eyne 
In thy vats our cares be drown'd; 
With thy grapes our hairs be crown'd; 
Cup us, till the world go round! 
Cup us, till the world go round! 

Anthony and Cleopatra. 

Sleepest or wakest thou jolly shepherd? 

Thy sheep be in the corn ; 
And for one blast of thy minikin mouth, 

Thy sheep shall take no harm. 

King Lear. 



175 



September 1st. 

Rough winds do shake the darling 
buds of May, 

And Summer's lease hath all too short 
a date: 

Sometime too hot the eye of heaven 
shines, 

And often is his gold complexion 
dimm'd ; 

And every fair from fair sometime de- 
clines. 

By chance or nature's changing course 
untrimm'd. 

Sonnet XVIII. 

September 2d. 

Not that the Summer is less pleasant 
now 

177 



178 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

Than when her mournful hymns did 

hush the night, 
But that wild music burthens every 

bough, 
And sweets grown common lose their 

dear delight. 

Sonnet CII. 

Confess yourself to Heaven. 
Repent what's past; avoid what is to 
come. 

Hamlet. 

September jd. 

Truly I would the gods had made thee 
poetical. 

-4.5 You Like It. 

Whate'er it be, be thou still like thy- 
self, 

And sit thee by our side : yield not thy 
neck 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 179 

To fortune's yoke, but let thy daunt- 
less mind 
Still ride in triumph over all mischance. 
Third Part of Henry VI. 

. . . My way of life 
Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf. 

Macbeth. 



September 4th. 

The strong necessity of time com- 
mands 
Our services awhile; but my full heart 
Remains in use with you. 

Antony and Cleopatra. 

Fate, show thy force : ourselves we do 

not owe; 
What is decreed must be, and be this so. 

Twelfth Night. 



180 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

September jjth. 

She that was ever fair and never proud, 

Had tongue at will, and yet was never 
loud, 

Never lack'd gold, and yet went never 
gay, . . . 

She that being anger'd, her revenge be- 
ing nigh, 

Bade her wrong stay, and her displeas- 
ure fly. 

Othello. 

Fair be all thy hopes, 
And prosperous be thy life in peace 
and war ! 

First Part of Henry VI. 



September 6th. 

The report of her is extended more 
than can be thought to begin from 
such a cottage. 

Winter's Tale. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 181 

Alack, when once our grace we have 

forgot, 
Nothing goes right ; we would, and we 

would not. 

Measure for Measure. 

The empty vessel makes the greatest 
sound. 

Henry V. 



September ytk. 

I to the world am like a drop of water, 
That in the ocean seeks another drop. 

Comedy of Errors. 

Is it possible he should know what he 
is and be that he is ? 

All's Well that Ends Well. 

A proper man as one shall see in a 
summer's day. 

Midsummer 'Nig'hfs Dream. 



182 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

September 8th. 

We bring forth weeds 
When our quick minds lie still. 

Antony and Cleopatra. 

Is she kind as she is fair? 

For beauty lives with kindness. 
Love doth to her eyes repair, 

To help him of his blindness, 
And, being help'd, inhabits there. 
Two Gentlemen of Verona. 



September Qth. 
I am not merry ; but I do beguile 
The thing I am, by seeming otherwise. 

Othello. 

Past and to come seems best; things 
present worst. 

Second Part of Henry IV. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 183 

Hast any philosophy in thee, shepherd ? 

As You Like It. 

September 10th. 
I am ashamed that women are so simple 
To offer war where they should kneel 

for peace; 
Or seek for rule, supremacy, and sway, 
When they are bound to serve, love, 

and obey. 

Taming of the Shrew. 

The spirit of the time shall teach me 
speed. 

King John. 

September Ilth. 

We will not stand to prate; 

Talkers are no good doers ; be assured 

We come to use our hands and not our 

tongues. 

Richard III. 



184 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

Here's metal more attractive. 

Hamlet. 

Small cheer and great welcome make a 
merry feast. 

Comedy of Errors. 



September I2th. 

His life was gentle, and the elements 
So mix'd in him that Nature might 

stand up 
And say to all the world, c This was 

a man ! ' 

Julius Cwsar. 

And you all know security, 
Is mortal's chief est enemy. 

Macbeth. 

I am a man 
More sinn'd against than sinning. 

King Lear. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 185 

September IJth. 

'Tis in ourselves that we are thus 
or thus. Our bodies are our gardens, 
to the which our wills are gardeners; 
so that if we will plant nettles, or sow 
lettuce, set hyssop and weed up thyme, 
. . . have it sterile with idleness, or 
manured with industry, why, the power 
and corrigible authority of this lies in 
our wills. 

Othello. 

My words fly up, my thoughts remain 

below. 
Words without thoughts never to 

Heaven go. 

Hamlet. 



September 14th. 

O, mickle is the powerful grace that 
lies 



186 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

In herbs, plants, stones, and their true 
qualities. 

Romeo and Juliet. 

A good heart's worth gold. 

Second Part of Henry IV. 

You were born under a charitable star. 

All's Well that Ends Well 

September I^th. 

Charmian. Good, sir, give me good 
fortune. 
Soothsayer. I make not, but foresee. 
Char. Pray, then, foresee me one. 

Antony and Cleopatra. 

Friendship is constant in all other 

things 
Save in the office and affairs of love: 
Therefore all hearts in love use their 

own tongues; 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 187 

Let every eye negotiate for itself. 
And trust no agent. 

Much Ado About Nothing. 



September l6th. 

Happy is your Grace, 
That can translate the stubbornness of 

fortune 
Into so quiet and so sweet a style. 

As You Like It. 

The clock upbraids me with the waste 
of time. 

Twelfth Night. 

Meet it is I set it down, 
That one may smile, and smile, and be 
a villain. 

Hamlet. 



188 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

September Ifth. 

The earth hath bubbles, as the water 

has, 
And these are of them. 

Macbeth. 
Jesters do oft prove prophets. 

King Lear. 

Frame your mind to mirth and merri- 
ment, 

Which bars a thousand harms and 
lengthens life. 

Taming of the Shrew. 



September l8th. 

He hath a heart as sound as a bell, 
and his tongue is the clapper ; for what 
his heart thinks his tongue speaks. 

Much Ado Aoout Nothing. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 189 

My gentle lady, 
I wish you all the joy that you can 
wish. 

Merchant of Venice. 



September IQth. 

She bore a mind that envy could not 
but call fair. 

Twelfth Night. 

The time of life is short! 
To spend that shortness basely were 

too long, 
If life did ride upon a dial's point, 
Still ending at the arrival of an hour. 
First Part of Henry IV. 

Stop up the access and passage to re- 
morse. 

Macbeth. 



190 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

September 20th. 

The sullen passage of thy weary steps 
Esteem as foil wherein thou art to set 
The precious jewel of thy home return. 

Richard II. 

I do believe you think what now you 

speak: 
But what we do determine oft we 

break. 

Hamlet. 

A good man's fortune may grow out at 
heels. 

King Lear. 

September 21st. 
Sir, as I have a soul, she is an angel. 

Henry VIII. 

But nature never framed a woman's 

heart 
Of prouder stuff than that of Beatrice. 

Much Ado About Nothing. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 191 

He tells you flatly what his mind is. 
Taming of the Shrew. 



September 22d. 

Thou hast a perfect thought : 
I will upon all hazards well believe 
Thou art my friend, that know'st my 
tongue so well. 

King John. 

I have bought 
Golden opinions from all sorts of peo- 
ple, . . . 
I dare do all that may become a man; 
Who dares do more is none. 

Macbeth. 



September 2$d. 

The better part of valour is discre- 
tion. 

First Part of Henry IV. 



192 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

Do you not think he thinks himself 
a better man than I am? 

Troilus and Cressida. 

He hath songs for man or woman of 
all sizes. 

Winter's Tale. 



September 24th. 

He that is thy friend indeed, 
He will help thee in thy need. 

Sundry Sonnets, XXI. 

I'll note you in my book of memory. 

First Part of Henry VI. 

When remedies are past, the griefs are 

ended 
By seeing the worst, which late on 

hopes depended. 

Othello. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 193 

September 25th. 

O, while you live, tell the truth and 
shame the devil. 

First Part of Henry TV. 

I am the very pink of courtesy. 

Romeo and Juliet. 

For a light heart lives long. 

Love's Labour's Lost. 



September 26th. 

When I said I would die a bachelor, 
I did not think I should live till I were 
married. 

Much Ado About Nothing. 

Thy tender-hefted nature shall not give 
Thee o'er to harshness. 

King Lear. 



194 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

September 2*Jth. 

How sour sweet music is, 
When time is broke and no proportion 

kept! 
So is it in the music of men's lives. 

Richard II. 

Forbear to judge, for we are sinners 
all. 

Second Part of Henry VI. 

When you looked sadly it was for want 
of money. 

Two Gentlemen of Verona. 

September 28th. 

But, in the verity of extolment, 
I take him to be a soul of great article. 

Hamlet. 

Still constant in a wondrous excellence. 

Sonnet CV. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 195 

I am as poor as Job, but not so patient. 
Second Part of Henry TV. 

September 2Qth. 
Many years of happy days befall. 

Romeo and Juliet. 

. . . . Honours thrive, 
When rather from our acts we them 

derive 
Than our foregoers. 

All's Well that Ends Well. 



September JOth. 

She that could think, and ne'er disclose 

her mind. 

Othello. 

He is a marvellous good neighbour. 

Love's Labour's Lost. 

Heaven give your spirits comfort. 

Measure for Measure. 



OCTOBER. 

Where the bee sucks, there suck I ; 
In a cowslip bell I lie : 
There I couch when owls do cry. 
On the bat's back I do fly, 
After summer, merrily; 
Merrily, merrily, shall I live now, 
Under the blossom that hangs on the 
bough. 

Tempest, 



197 



October 1st. 

I behold the violet past prime, 
And sable curls all silver'd o'er with 

white ; 
When lofty trees I see barren of leaves, 
Which erst from heat did canopy the 

herd 
And Summer's green all girded up in 

sheaves, 
Borne on the bier with white and bristly 

beard. 

Sonnet XII. 

October 2d. 

How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon 

this bank! 
Here will we sit and let the sounds of 

music 

199 



200 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

Creep in our ears: soft stillness and 

the night 
Become the touches of sweet harmony. 

Merchant of Venice. 

Do you not know I am a woman? 
When I think, I must speak. 

As You Like It. 



October jd. 

The air of Paradise did fan the house, 
And angels officed all. 

All's Well that Ends Well. 

It is the witness still of excellency 
To put a strange face on his own per- 
fection. 

Much Ado About "Nothing. 

Chi non ti vede, non ti pretia. 

Love's Labour's Lost. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 201 

October 4th. 

His words are bonds, his oaths are 
oracles, 

His love sincere, his thoughts immacu- 
late, 

His tears pure messengers sent from 
his heart, 

His heart as far from fraud as heaven 
from earth. 

Two Gentlemen of Verona. 

I cannot but remember such things: 

were, 
That were most precious to me. 

Macbeth. 

I weigh my friend's affection with mine 

own. 

Timon of Athens. 

October 5th. 
Then, Heaven, set ope thy everlasting 
gates, 



202 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

To entertain my vows of thanks and 
praise ! 

Second Part of Henry VI. 

Life every man holds dear; but the 

brave man 
Holds honour far more precious dear 

than life. 

Troilus and Cressida. 



October 6th. 

That old and antique song we heard 

last night : 
Methought it did relieve my passion 

much, 
More than light airs and recollected 

terms 
Of these most brisk and giddy-paced 

times. 

Twelfth Night. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE, 203 

What thou wouldst highly, 
That wouldst thou holily; wouldst not 
play false. 

Macbeth. 

October fth. 

But this all lies within the will of God, 
To whom I do appeal. 

Henry V. 

God made him, and therefore let him 
pass for a man. 

Merchant of Venice. 

But wonder on, till truth make all 
things plain. 

Midsummer Night's Dream. 

October 8th. 

There is a history in all men's lives, 
Figuring the nature of the time de- 
ceased ; 



204 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

The which observed, a man may 

prophesy, 
With a near aim of the main chance of 

things 
As yet not come to life, which in their 

seeds 
And weak beginnings lie intreasured. 

Second Part of Henry IV. 

Our fortune lies upon this jump. 

Antony and Cleopatra. 

October Qth. 

Bliss be upon you. 

Romeo and Juliet. 

We are in God's hand, brother. 

Henry V. 

A kinder gentleman treads not the 

earth. 

Merchant of Venice. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 205 

October IOth. 

There is a tide in the affairs of men, 
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to 

fortune ; 
Omitted, all the voyage of their life 
Is bound in shallows and in miseries. 

Julius Cwsar. 

Great floods have flown from simple 
sources. 

All's Well that Ends Well. 



October Ilth. 

I count myself in nothing else so Happy 
As in a soul remembering my good 
friends. 

Richard II. 

I will hope 
Of better deeds to-morrow. Rest you 
happy ! 

Antony and Cleopatra. 



206 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

She excels each mortal thing 
Upon the dull earth dwelling. 
Two Gentlemen of Verona. 

October I2th. 

I do not think a braver gentleman, 

More active-valiant, or more valiant- 
young, 

More daring or more bold, is now 
alive 

To grace this latter age with noble 
deeds. 

First Part of Henry IV. 

Things without all remedy 

Should be without regard ; what's done 

is done. 

Macbeth. 

October IJth. 
Keep your fellows' counsels and your 
own. 

Much Ado About Nothing. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 207 

Beware of entrance to a quarrel, but 

being in, 

Bear 't that the opposed may beware of 

thee. 

Hamlet. 

A most poor man, made tame by for- 
tune's blows. 

King Lear. 



October 14th. 

Well, I know not 
What counts harsh fortune casts upon 

my face: 
But in my bosom shall she never come, 
To make my heart her vassal. 

Antony and Cleopatra. 

Love is an ever-fixed mark, 
That looks on tempests and is never 
shaken ; 



208 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

It is the star to every wandering bark, 

Whose worth's unknown, although his 

height be taken. 

Sonnet CXVI. 

October Ijjth. 

The benediction of these covering 

heavens 
Fall on their heads like dew ! 

Cymoeline. 

Tut, tut, 
Thou troublest me; I am not in the 
vein. 

Richard HI. 

If I do vow a friendship, I'll perform it 

To the last article. 

Othello. 

October l6th. 
Till now I never knew thee ! 

Henry VIII. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 209 

Here's one, a friend, and one that 
knows you well. 

Romeo and Juliet. 

The heart I bear shall never sag with 

doubt, or shake with fear. 

Macbeth. 



October Ifth. 

There is a kind of character in thy life, 

That \o the observer doth thy history 

Fully unfold. 

Measure for Measure. 

Do as adversaries do in law, 
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as 
friends. 

Taming of the Shrew. 

However God or fortune cast my lot, 

There lives or dies 

A loyal, just, and upright gentleman. 

Richard II. 



210 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

October l8th. 

■Age cannot wither her, nor custom 

stale 
Her infinite variety. 

Antony and Cleopatra. 



The smallest worm will turn being 
trodden on. 

Third Part of Henry VI. 

He was my friend, faithful and just 

to me. 

Julius Cwsar. 



October IQth. 

Let us rather 
Hold fast the mortal sword, and like 

good men 
Bestride our downfall'n birthdom. 

Macbeth. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 211 

His overthrow heap'd happiness upon 
him, 

For then, and not till then, he felt him- 
self, 

And found the blessedness of being 

little. 

Henry VIIL 



October 20th. 

ings i 
not steer'd. 



Fortune brings in some boats that are 



Cymbeline. 



When sorrows come they come not 

single spies, 

But in battalions. 

Hamlet. 

God in thy good cause make thee pros- 
perous ! 

Richard II. 



212 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

October 21st. 

Our doubts are traitors, 
And make us lose the good we oft 

might win 
By fearing to attempt. 

Measure for Measure. 

Octavia is of a holy, cold, and still con- 
versation. 

Antony and Cleopatra. 

October 22d. 

I commit you to the tuition of God. 

Tempest. 

Nought's had, all's spent, 
Where our desire is got without con- 
tent: 
'Tis safer to be that which we destroy 
Than by destruction dwell in doubtful 
joy. 

Macbeth. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 213 

October 2jd. 

I had rather seal my lips, than, to my 

peril, 
Speak that which is not. 

Antony and Cleopatra. 

A son who is the theme of honour's 

tongue, 

Amongst a grove the very straightest 

plant. 

First Part of Henry IV. 

October 24th. 

All this day an unaccustomed spirit 
Lifts me above the ground with cheer- 
ful thoughts. 

Romeo and Juliet. 

So every bondman in his own hand 

bears 
The power to cancel his captivity. 

Julius Cwsar. 



214 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

October 25th. 

Give every man thine ear, but few thy 

voice ; 

Take each man's censure, but reserve 

thy judgment. 

Hamlet. 

He wears his faith but as the fashion 
of his hat; it ever changes with the 
next block. 

Much Ado About Nothing. 

I am a fellow o' the strangest mind i' 

the world. 

Twelfth Night. 

October 26th. 

My caution was more pertinent 
Than the rebuke you give it. 

Coriolanus. 

My desolation does begin to make 
A better life. 

Antony and Cleopatra. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 215 

Be checked for silence, but never taxed 
for speech. 

AIVs Well that Ends Well. 



October 2*]th. 

Fie, foh, and fum, 
I smell the blood of a British man. 

King Lear. 

The force of his own merit makes his 
way. 

Henry VIII. 



October 28th. 

I'll make assurance doubly sure, 
And take a bond of fate. 

Macoeth. 

Of a cheerful look, a pleasing eye, 
and a most noble carriage. 

First Part of Henry IV. 



216 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

October 2Qth. 

You taught me how to know the face 
of right. 

King John. 

. . . Who is so full of grace 
That it flows over on all that need. 

Antony and Cleopatra. 

October JOth. 

But men may construe things after 

their fashion, 

Clean from the purpose of the things 

themselves. 

Julius Cwsar. 

May the gods direct you to the best ! 

Cynibeline. 

October Jlst. 

Thy own wish, wish I thee in every 

place ! 

Love's Labour's Lost. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 217 

To be, or not to be : that is the question. 

Hamlet. 

Though fortune's malice overthrow my 

state, 
My mind exceeds the compass of her 

wheel. 

Third Part of Henry VI. 



NOVEMBER. 

That time of year thou may'st in me 
behold, 
When yellow leaves, or none, or few, 
do hang 
Upon those boughs which shake against 
the cold, 
Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet 
birds sang. 
In me thou seest the twilight of such day 

As after sun-set fadeth in the west; 
Which by and by black night doth take 
away, 
Death's second self, that seals up all in 
rest. 
In me thou seest the glowing of such 
fire, 
That on the ashes of his youth doth 
lie; 
As the death-bed whereon it must ex- 
pire, 
Consum'd with that which it was 
nourish'd by, 
This thou perceiv'st, which makes thy 

love more strong, 
To love that well which thou must leave 
ere long. 

Sonnet LXXUI. 
219 



November 1st. 

With hey, ho, the wind and the 
rain, — 
Must make content with his fortunes 
fit, 
For the rain it raineth every day. 

King Lear. 

All the world is cheered by the sun. 

Richard III. 

November 2d. 

The very birds are mute; 

Or, if they sing, 'tis with so dull a cheer 

That leaves look pale, dreading the 

winter's near. 

Sonnet XCVIL 

221 



222 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

For some must watch, while some must 

sleep : 

So runs the world away. 

Hamlet. 



November jd. 

Tis beauty that doth oft make woman 

proud, 
'Tis virtue that doth make them most 

admired, 
'Tis government that makes them seem 

divine. 

Third Part of Henry VI. 

Then God forgive the sin of all those 

souls 
That to their everlasting residence, 
Before the dew of evening fall, shall 

fleet. 

King John. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 223 

November 4th, 

Our indiscretion sometimes serves us 

well, 
When our deep plots do pall : and that 

should teach us 
There's a divinity that shapes our ends, 
Rough-hew them how we will. 

Hamlet. 

They say miracles are past; and we 
have our philosophical persons, to 
make modern and familiar things 
supernatural and causeless. 

All's Well that Ends Well. 

November $ th. 

Full of noble device, of all sorts en- 
chantingly beloved. 

As You Like It. 

I'll take thy word for faith, not ask 
thine oath : 



224 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

Who shuns not to break one will sure 
crack both. 

Pericles. 

He is your friend for ever. 

Henry VIII. 



November 6th. 

For there was never yet philosopher 

That could endure the toothache pa- 
tiently, 

However they have writ the style of 
gods 

And made a push at chance and suffer- 
ance. 

Much Ado About Nothing. 

All the gods go with you! upon your 

sword 
Sit laurel victory! and smooth success 
Be strew'd before your feet! 

Antony and Cleopatra. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 225 

November fth. 

Direct not him whose way himself will 

choose : 

'Tis breath thou lack'st, and that breath 

wilt thou lose. 

Richard II. 

Nought shall make us rue, 

If England to itself do rest but true. 

King John. 

Men should be what they seem. 

Othello. 



November 8th. 

God's goodness hath been great to 

thee ; 
Let never day nor night unhallow'd 

pass, 
But still remember what the Lord hath 

done. 

Second Part of Henry VL 



226 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

Give me that man 
That is not passion's slave, and I will 

wear him 
In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of 

heart, 
As I do thee. 

Hamlet. 



November Qth. 

To climb steep hills requires slow pace 

at first. 

Henry VIII. 

My man's as true as steel. 

Romeo and Juliet. 

God send every one their heart's desire. 
Much Ado Aoout "Nothing. 



November IOth. 

And tell me now, sweet friend, what 
happy gale 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 227 

Blows you to Padua here from old 
Verona ? 
Such wind as scatters young men 
through the world, 
To seek their fortunes farther than at 

home, 
Where small experience grows. 

Taming of the Shrew. 

As heart can think there is not such a 

word 
Spoke of in Scotland as this term of 

fear. 

First Part of Henry IV. 



November Ilth. 

If wishes would prevail with me, 
My purpose should not fail with me. 

Henry V. 

My ending is despair, 
Unless I be relieved by prayer, 



228 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

Which pierces so that it assaults 
Mercy itself, and frees all faults. 

Tempest. 

Things at the worst will cease. 

Macbeth. 

November I2th. 

Our separation so abides, and flies, 
That thou, residing here, go'st yet with 

me, 
And I, hence fleeting, here remain with 

thee. 

Antony and Cleopatra. 

I can nothing render but allegiant 

thanks 
My prayers to Heaven for you, my 

loyalty, 
.Which ever has, and ever shall be, 

growing, 
Till death, that winter, kill it. 

Henry VIII. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE, 229 

November IJth. 

With all my heart I'll sit and hear her 
sing. 

First Part of Henry IV. 

To show the world I am a gentleman. 

Richard II. 

There is no time so miserable but a man 
may be true. 

Timon of Athens. 



November 14th. 

And oft 'tis seen, the wicked prize itself 
Buys out the law : but 'tis not so above : 
There is no shuffling, there the action 

lies 
In his true nature; and we ourselves 

compell'd, 
Even to the teeth and forehead of our 

faults, 



230 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

To give in evidence. What then? 

what rests? 
Try what repentance can. 

Hamlet. 



November Ifjth. 

Now, good angels 
Fly o'er thy royal head, and shade thy 

person 
Under their blessed wings! 

Henry VIII. 

O, it is excellent 
To have a giant's strength; but it is 

tyrannous 
To use it like a giant. 

Measure for Measure. 

For courage mounteth with occasion. 

King John. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 231 

November l6th. 

Let's take the instant by the forward 

top! 
For we are old, and on our quick'st 

decrees 
The inaudible and noiseless foot of 

Time 
Steals ere we can effect them. 

All's Well that Ends Well. 

Sudden sorrow 
Serves to say thus, some good thing 
comes to-morrow. 

Second Part of Henry IV. 



November Ifth. 

She loved me for the dangers I had 

pass'd, 
And I loved her that she did pity them. 

Othello. 



232 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

He is complete in feature and in mind, 
With all good grace to grace a gentle- 
man. 

Two Gentlemen of Verona. 

This must my comfort be, 
That sun that warms you here shall 
shine on me. 

Richard II. 



November l8th. 

Now the fair goddess, Fortune, 
Fall deep in love with thee; and her 

great charms 
Misguide thy opposers' swords ! 

Coriolanus. 

Good name in man and woman, dear 

my lord, 
Is the immediate jewel of thy souls: 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 233 

Poor and content is rich and rich 

enough, 
But riches fineless is as poor as winter 
To him that ever fears he shall be poor. 

Othello. 



November IQth. 

. . . . I might not this believe 
Without the sensible and true avouch 
Of mine own eyes. 

Hamlet. 

You bear a gentle mind, and heavenly- 
blessings 
Follow such creatures. 

Henry VIII. 

We cannot weigh our brother with 
ourself. 

Measure for Measure. 



234 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

November 20th. 
God comfort him in this necessity! 

First Part of Henry VI. 

I have heard you say 
That we shall see and know our friends 

in heaven : 
If that be true, I shall see my boy again. 

King John. 



November 21st. 

He cannot flatter, he, 

An honest mind and plain, he must 

speak truth ! 

An they will take it, so; if not, he's 

plain. 

King Lear. 

My endeavours 
Have ever come too short of my de- 
sires. 

Henry VIII. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 235 

November 22d. 

Let me put in your minds, if you for- 
get, 

What you have been ere now, and what 
you are. 

Richard HI. 

Her words do show her wit incom- 
parable. 

Third Part of Henry VI. 



November 2jd. 

For the man doth fear God, howso- 
ever it seems not in him by some large 
jests he will make. 

Much Ado About Nothing. 

The dews of heaven fall thick in bless- 
ings on her ! 

Henry VIII. 



236 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

November 24th. 

Mine honesty 
Shall not make poor my greatness, nor 

my power 
Work without it. 

Antony and Cleopatra. 

Remember thee! Ay, while memory 

holds 
A seat in this distracted globe. 

Hamlet. 



November 25th. 

Model to thy inward greatness, 
Like little body with a mighty heart. 

Henry V. 

Our rash faults 
Make trivial price of serious things we 
have, 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 237 

Not knowing them until we know their 
grave. 

AlVa Well that Ends Well. 



November 26th. 

And for this once my will shall stand 
for law. 

Third Part of Henry VI. 

Her that loves him with that excellence 
That angels love good men with. 

Henry VIII. 

November 2Jth. 

What a piece of work is a man! 
How noble in reason! how infinite in 
faculty! in form and moving, how ex- 
press and admirable! in action, how 
like an angel! in apprehension, how 
like a god ! the beauty of the world ! the 
paragon of animals ! 

Hamlet. 



238 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

But my prayers 
For ever and for ever shall be yours. 

Henry VIII. 



November 28th. 

You should be ruled and led 

By some discretion, that discerns your 
state 

Better than you yourself. ... To 
wilful men, 

The injuries that they themselves pro- 
cure 

Must be their schoolmasters. 

King Lear. 

For I know thou 'rt full of love and 
honesty, 
And weigh'st thy words before thou 
givest them breath. 

Othello. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 239 

November 2Qth. 

You shall have time to wrangle in 
when you have nothing else to do. 

Antony and Cleopatra. 

I forgive and quite forget old faults. 
Third Part of Henry VI. 

November JOth. 
It is religion that doth make vows kept. 

King John. 

Make of your prayers one sweet sacri- 
fice, 
And lift my soul to heaven. 

Henry VIII. 



DECEMBER. 

Blow, blow, thou winter wind 
Thou art not so unkind 

As man's ingratitude; 
Thy tooth is not so keen, 
Because thou art not seen, 

Although thy breath be rude. 

Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky, 
That dost not bite so high 

As benefits forgot: 
Though thou the waters warp, 
Thy sting is not so sharp 

As friend remember'd not. 

As You Like It 



241 



December 1st. 

What should we speak of 

when we shall hear 

The rain and wind beat dark Decem- 
ber? how, 

In this our pinching cave, shall we dis- 
course 

The freezing hours away? 

Cymbeline. 

December 2d. 

That time of year thou may'st in me 

behold 
When yellow leaves, or none, or few, 

do hang 
Upon those boughs which shake against 

the cold 

243 



244 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet 

birds sang. 

Sonnet LXXIIL 

Came of a gentle, kind, and noble stock. 

Pericles. 



December jd. 

Sometimes hath the brightest day a 
cloud ; 

And after summer evermore succeeds 

Barren winter, with his wrathful rip- 
ping cold : 

So cares and joys abound, as seasons 
fleet. 

Second Part of Henry VI. 

December 4th. 

Me, poor man, my library was duke- 
dom large enough. 

Tempest. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 245 

Bosom up my counsel, you '11 find it 
wholesome. 

Henry VIII. 

I am not of many words, but I thank 
you. 

Much Ado About Nothing. 

December 5th. 

Some say that ever 'gainst that season 
comes, 

Wherein our Saviour's birth is cele- 
brated, 

The bird of dawning singeth all night 
long, 

And then they say no spirit stirs 

abroad. 

Hamlet. 

. . . . For his bounty 

There was no winter in't, an autumn 

'twas 
That grew the more by reaping. 

Antony and Cleopatra. 



246 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

December 6th. 

Time comes stealing on by night and 

day. 

Comedy of Errors. 

. . . . So we'll live 
And pray, and sing, and tell old tales. 

King Lear. 

Our very eyes are sometimes, like 

cur judgments, blind. 

Cymbeline. 



December ?th. 

Ceremony was but devised at first 
To set a gloss on faint deeds, hollow 

welcomes, 
Recanting goodness, sorry ere 'tis 

shown ; 
But where there is true friendship, 

there needs none. 

Timon of Athens. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 247 

To Thee I do commend my watchful 

soul, 

Ere I let fall the windows of mine eyes : 

Sleeping and waking, O defend me 

still! 

Richard III. 

'December 8th. 

Pray you, bid 
These unknown friends to 's welcome ; 

for it is 
The way to make us better friends, 

more known. 

Winter's Tale. 

O, how this discord doth afflict my 
soul ! 

First Part of Henry VI. 

December Qth. 

Beshrew me but I love her heartily ; 
For she is wise, if I can judge of her, 



248 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

And fair she is, if that mine eyes be 

true, 
And true she is, as she hath proved 

herself, 
And therefore, like herself, wise, fair, 

and true, 
Shall she be placed in my constant soul. 

Merchant of Venice. 

December IOth. 

He sits high in all the people's hearts. 

Julius Cwsar. 

He's honest, on mine honour. 

Henry VIII. 

. . . . I am declined 
Into the vale of years. 

Othello. 

December Ilth. 

Things past redress are now with me 

past Care. Richard II. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 249 

Let gentleness my strong enforcement 
be. 

As You Like It. 

Poor Tom's a-cold! 

King Lear. 



December I2th. 

How like a winter hath my absence 
been 

From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting 
year! 

What freezings have I felt, what dark 
days seen! 

What old December's bareness every- 
where ! 

And yet this time removed was sum- 
mer's time. 

Sonnet XCVII. 

We see which way the stream of time 
doth run, 



250 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

And are enforced from our most quiet 

there 
By the rough torrent of occasion. 

Second Part of Henry IV. 

December IJth. 

Silence is the perfectest herald of 
joy : I were but little happy, if I could 
say how much. 

Much Ado About Nothing. 

I hourly learn a doctrine of obedience. 
Antony and Cleopatra. 

Full of wise care is this your counsel. 

Richard HI. 

December 14th. 

Doubting things go ill often hurts 
more 
Than to be sure they do ; for certainties 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 251 

Either are past remedies, or, timely 

knowing, 

The remedy then born. 

Cynibeline. 

I hear, yet say not much, but think the 
more. 

Third Part of Henry VI. 

December I$th. 

Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot 

That it do singe yourself : we may out- 
run, 

By violent swiftness, that which we 
run at, 

And lose by over-running. 

Henry VIII. 

Cease to lament for that thou canst not 

help, 

And study help for that which thou 

lament'st. 

Two Gentlemen of Verona. 



252 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

December l6th. 

Rather bear those ills we have, 
Than fly to other that we know not of. 

Hamlet. 

In winter's tedious nights, sit by the 

fire with good old folks. 

Richard II. 



December iyth. 

And he is one, 
The truest manner'd ; such a holy witch, 
That he enchants societies unto him ; 
Half all men's hearts are his. . . . 

Cymbeline. 

A virtuous and a Christian-like con- 
clusion, 

To pray for them that have done scathe 
to us. 

Richard III. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 253 

December l8th. 
He hath a stern look, but a gentle heart. 

King John. 

He hath never fed on the dainties 
that are bred in a book. 

Love's Labour's Lost. 

This priest has no pride in him. 

Henry VIII, 



December IQth, 

The web of our life is of a mingled 
yarn, good and ill together. 

AIVs Well that Ends Well. 

There's rosemary, that's for remem- 
brance. 

Hamlet. 

Redeeming time when men think least 

I will. 

First Part of Henry IV. 



254 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

December 20th. 

Hearing you praised, I say, * 'Tis so, 
'tis true/ 

And to the most of praise add some- 
thing more. 

Sonnet LXXXV. 

Jog on, jog on, the foot-path way, 
And merrily hent the stile-a : 

A merry heart goes all the day, 
You sad tires in a mile-a. 

Winter's Tale, 

December 21st. 

O Lord, that lends me life, 
Lend me a heart replete with thankful- 
ness ! 

Second Part of Henry VI. 

Let's teach ourselves that honourable 

stop, 
Not to outsport discretion. 

Othello. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 255 

December 22d. 

Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, 

Frosty, but kindly. 

As Ton Like It. 

All tongues speak of him, and the 
bleared sights are spectacles to see him. 

Coriolanus. 

December 23d. 

Be just, and fear not ; 
Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy 

country's, 
Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou 

fall'st, . . . 
Thou fall'st a blessed martyr! 

Henry Till. 

You shall hear from me still; the time 

shall not 
Out-go my thinking on you. 

Antony and Cleopatra. 



256 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

December 24th. 

In all external grace you have some 
part, 

But you like none, none you, for con- 
stant heart. 

Sonnet LHL 

Her peerless feature, joined with her 

birth, 

Approves her fit for none but for a 

king. 

First Part of Henry VI. 



December 25th. 

Alas, alas! 

Why, all the souls that were were 

forfeit once; 

And He that might the vantage best 

have took 

Found out the remedy. 

Measure for Measure. 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 257 

The yearly course that brings this day 

about, 
Shall never see it but a holiday. 

King John. 

December 26th. 

Be thou chaste as ice, pure as snow, 
Thou shalt not escape calumny. 

Hamlet. 

We must not stint 
. Our necessary actions, in the fear 
To cope malicious censurers. 

Henry VIII. 

December 2*Jth. 

Angels are bright still, though the 

brightest fell. 

Macbeth. 

He hath indeed a good outward happi- 
ness! 

Much Ado About Nothing. 



258 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

Cold snow melts with the sun's hot 

beams. 

Second Part of Henry VI. 



December 28th. 

Look, what thy soul holds dear, 

imagine it 
To lie that way thou go'st, not whence 

thou comest. 

Richard II. 

For mine own part, I could be well con- 
tent 
To entertain the lag-end of my life 
With quiet hours. 

First Part of Henry IV. 



December 2Qth. 

Our hearts, 
Of brothers' temper, do receive you in 



FROM SHAKESPEARE. 259 

With all kind love, good thoughts, and 

reverence. 
. . . Though last, not least in love. 

Julius Ccesar. 

Watch to-night, pray to-morrow. 
First Part of Henry IV. 

December JOth. 

But with the word the time will bring 
on summer. 

When briers shall have leaves as well 
as thorns, 

And be as sweet as sharp 

All's well that end's well ; still the fine's 
the crown; 

Whate'er the course, the end is the re- 
nown. 

AIVs Well that Ends Well. 

And time that takes survey of all the 
world, must have a stop. 

First Part of Henry IV. 



260 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS 

December Jlst. 

Parting is such sweet sorrow 
That I shall say good-night till it be 
morrow. 

Romeo and Juliet. 

Then let us take a ceremonious leave 
And loving farewell of our several 
friends. 

Richard II. 

God be with you all! 

Henry V. 



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